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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 475

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

315 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Iowa

  Southern Minnesota



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Cluster of strong to isolated severe storms should move

east from southwest Minnesota along the Minnesota/Iowa border

region. Scattered damaging winds will be the primary hazard, but a

brief tornado and isolated large hail are also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north

northwest of Spencer IA to 30 miles east southeast of Rochester MN.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 474...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Grams

