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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 541

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Minnesota

  Northern Wisconsin

  Lake Superior



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify over northern MN

this afternoon and track eastward across the watch area.  A few

supercells capable of large hail and damaging winds are expected.

An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of

Hibbing MN to 25 miles south southeast of Grand Marais MN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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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AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Hart

