PDS Tornado Watch #298

This includes Mason City, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, Rockford, Madison, and Austin.

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHEAST IOWA
     NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
     SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM
     UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
     SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE