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TORNADO WATCH

AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 869
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
249 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 869 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES 53 COUNTIES IN THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF IOWA...

NORTH CENTRAL NORTHEAST NORTHWEST
CENTRAL WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTHWEST SOUTHEAST

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...

DES MOINES FORT DODGE MASON CITY
OTTUMWA WATERLOO

IAC015-049-075-079-083-099-127-153-157-169-171-187-300200-

IN CENTRAL IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES...

BOONE DALLAS GRUNDY
HAMILTON HARDIN JASPER
MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK
STORY TAMA WEBSTER

There are two of them...

Add watch 870 to the north, covering most of mid-central and mid-southern Minnesota. Just saw that on the SPC website:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 870
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
WESTERN WISCONSIN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SAINT CLOUD MINNESOTA
TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAIRMONT MINNESOTA.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 869...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CU/TCU ARE INCREASING ALONG COLD FRONT ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MN. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG UPPER FORCING IN
THIS REGION SHOULD AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AT LEAST ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS...STRONG LOW LEVEL
SHEAR...AND LOW LCL HEIGHTS ALL APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR A RISK OF
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.

--snoopj

Here they are graphically:

Thanks Tom!

How did you guys fare from this storm? Mostly wind here