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WWUS20 KWNS 061525

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SPC WW 061525

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 472

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN MINNESOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1030 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HIBBING

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF SURFACE WARM FRONT EXTENDING

ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MN.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO

FAVORABLY SHEARED BOUNDARY LAYER AND POSE A RISK OF TORNADOES.

GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGEST

CELLS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...HART

