Tornado Watch Thursday Night Until 9PM
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for pats of Eastern South Dakota, Northern Nebraska, Western Iowa and Western Minnesota. This watch includes Minnehaha and Lincoln counties.
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES IOWA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN IA AND SOUTHERN MN. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER EASTERN NEB AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CLAY LINCOLN MINNEHAHA UNIONIOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAIR ADAMS AUDUBON BOONE BUENA VISTA CALHOUN CARROLL CASS CERRO GORDO CHEROKEE CLARKE CLAY CRAWFORD DALLAS DECATUR DICKINSON EMMET FRANKLIN GREENE GUTHRIE HAMILTON HANCOCK HARDIN HARRISON HUMBOLDT IDA KOSSUTH LYON MADISON MONONA MONTGOMERY O`BRIEN OSCEOLA PALO ALTO PLYMOUTH POCAHONTAS POLK POTTAWATTAMIE RINGGOLD SAC SHELBY SIOUX STORY TAYLOR UNION WARREN WEBSTER WINNEBAGO WOODBURY WORTH WRIGHT $$. MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED AREANOKABLUE EARTH BROWN CARVER CHIPPEWA COTTONWOOD DAKOTAFARIBAULT FREEBORN GOODHUE HENNEPIN JACKSON KANDIYOHI LAC QUI PARLE LE SUEUR LINCOLN LYON MARTIN MCLEOD MEEKER MURRAY NICOLLET NOBLES PIPESTONE RAMSEY REDWOOD RENVILLE RICE ROCK SCOTT SIBLEY STEELE WASECA WASHINGTON WATONWAN WRIGHT YELLOW MEDICINENEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE DAKOTA DIXON THURSTON
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