BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 190
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
511 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER
HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR

SOUTHEAST IOWA
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALSO HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

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...WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED DESTABILIZATION MOVING NWD ACROSS NRN IL AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER SRN IA. SEVERE STORMS NOW OCCURRING IN VICINITY OF THE WARM FRONT WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WIND PROFILES AND INSTABILITY FAVOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

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