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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 563 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 51 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA WEBSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA BUTLER CERRO GORDO FRANKLIN HANCOCK HUMBOLDT KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH WRIGHT IN NORTHEAST IOWA BLACK HAWK BREMER IN NORTHWEST IOWA EMMET PALO ALTO POCAHONTAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA APPANOOSE CLARKE DECATUR LUCAS MADISON MAHASKA MARION MONROE RINGGOLD UNION WARREN WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DAVIS WAPELLO IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE SAC THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ADAIR, ADEL, ALBIA, ALGONA, ALLERTON, ALLISON, AMES, APLINGTON, ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BEDFORD, BELMOND, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, BRITT, CARLISLE, CARROLL, CASEY, CEDAR FALLS, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CLARION, CLARKSVILLE, CLEAR LAKE, CONRAD, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON, DENISON, DES MOINES, DIKE, DUMONT, DYSART, EAGLE GROVE, EARLHAM, EARLY, ELDORA, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE, EXIRA, FONDA, FONTANELLE, FOREST CITY, FORT DODGE, GARNER, GILMORE CITY, GLADBROOK, GREENE, GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, GRUNDY CENTER, GUTHRIE CENTER, HAMPTON, HUMBOLDT, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, IOWA FALLS, JEFFERSON, KANAWHA, KNOXVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAKE MILLS, LAKE VIEW, LAMONI, LAURENS, LENOX, LEON, MANLY, MANSON, MARSHALLTOWN, MASON CITY, MOUNT AYR, NEW MARKET, NEWTON, NORTHWOOD, NORWALK, ODEBOLT, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PANORA, PARKERSBURG, PELLA, PERRY, POCAHONTAS, POMEROY, REINBECK, ROCKWELL CITY, ROLFE, SAC CITY, SCHALLER, SEYMOUR, SHELL ROCK, STUART, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WALL LAKE, WATERLOO, WAUKEE, WAVERLY, WEBSTER CITY, WELLSBURG, AND WINTERSET.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90 MPH LIKELY. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 40% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 90% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 70% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 20% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 10% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : >95% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : NE 70

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR, IA ... ADAMS, IA ... APPANOOSE, IA ... AUDUBON, IA ... BLACK HAWK, IA ... BOONE, IA ... BREMER, IA ... BUTLER, IA ... CALHOUN, IA ... CARROLL, IA ... CASS, IA ... CERRO GORDO, IA ... CLARKE, IA ... CRAWFORD, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... DAVIS, IA ... DECATUR, IA ... EMMET, IA ... FRANKLIN, IA ... GREENE, IA ... GRUNDY, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... HAMILTON, IA ... HANCOCK, IA ... HARDIN, IA ... HUMBOLDT, IA ... JASPER, IA ... KOSSUTH, IA ... LUCAS, IA ... MADISON, IA ... MAHASKA, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... MONROE, IA ... PALO ALTO, IA ... POCAHONTAS, IA ... POLK, IA ... POWESHIEK, IA ... RINGGOLD, IA ... SAC, IA ... STORY, IA ... TAMA, IA ... TAYLOR, IA ... UNION, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WAYNE, IA ... WEBSTER, IA ... WINNEBAGO, IA ... WORTH, IA ... WRIGHT, IA