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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 536 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 26 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL IOWA BOONE DALLAS JASPER MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK STORY TAMA 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 TAYLOR IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA GUTHRIE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADAIR, ADEL, ALBIA, ALLERTON, AMES, BAYARD, BEDFORD, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, CARLISLE, CASEY, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON, DES MOINES, DYSART, EARLHAM, FONTANELLE, GLADBROOK, GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, GUTHRIE CENTER, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, KNOXVILLE, LAMONI, LENOX, LEON, MARSHALLTOWN, MOUNT AYR, NEW MARKET, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, SEYMOUR, STUART, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, WAUKEE, AND WINTERSET.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY. PROBABILITY TABLE: PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES : 50% PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES : 20% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS : 60% PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH : 60% PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS : 70% PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES : 70% PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : 90% MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/ : E 35

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAIR, IA ... ADAMS, IA ... APPANOOSE, IA ... BOONE, IA ... CLARKE, IA ... DALLAS, IA ... DAVIS, IA ... DECATUR, IA ... GUTHRIE, IA ... JASPER, IA ... LUCAS, IA ... MADISON, IA ... MAHASKA, IA ... MARION, IA ... MARSHALL, IA ... MONROE, IA ... POLK, IA ... POWESHIEK, IA ... RINGGOLD, IA ... STORY, IA ... TAMA, IA ... TAYLOR, IA ... UNION, IA ... WAPELLO, IA ... WARREN, IA ... WAYNE, IA