TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 156; NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1045 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDE: ADAIR AUDUBON BUENA VISTA CALHOUN CARROLL CASS CHEROKEE CLAY CRAWFORD DICKINSON EMMET GREENE
GUTHRIE HARRISON IDA LYON MONONA O`BRIEN OSCEOLA PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH POCAHONTAS POTTAWATTAMIE SAC SHELBY SIOUX WOODBURY

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EASTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…

A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY; SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY; ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED SUPERCELLS AND SHORT LINES OF SUSTAINED STORMS WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL…LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND…AND A FEW TORNADOES EXPECTED OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA NEBRASKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER  STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.