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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 390
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
1240 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996

.A..THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

     MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
     A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
     PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
     AND THE WESTERN SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DUBUQUE IOWA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WAUSAU 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.

B..OTHER WATCH INFORMATION.. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 386. WATCH NUMBER 386 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100
AM CDT.
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C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 2 1/2
IN. EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CBS WITH MAX
TOPS TO 500. MEAN WIND VECTOR 25050.

D... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WATCH AREA AHEAD
OF COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE. INSTABILITY MDT TO
STRONG WITH MINUS 4 TO MINUS 7 LIFTED INDICES. WIND SHEAR FAVORS
SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH 40 KT LOW LVL SLY JET AND 60 KT WLY FLOW
AT MID LVLS.

E...OTR TSTMS... THIS WATCH REPLACES..WW 386.. CON,T...WW 387..WW
388..

...ROGASH