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WWUS20 KWNS 140851

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SPC WW 140851

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 471

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

       SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 350 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 75 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 10 MILES SOUTH OF FARGO

NORTH DAKOTA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 469...WW 470...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL SMALL N/S QLCSS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING MAINLY E ACROSS SE ND AND INTO CNTRL/NRN

MN LATER THIS MORNING AS STRONG WAA/LOW LVL MOISTURE TRANSPORT

PATTERN MOVES E AHEAD OF WRN DAKOTAS UPR TROUGH.  STRENGTH OF SHEAR

AND QUALITY OF MOISTURE INFLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR QLCS-TYPE

TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL AND SWATHS OF DMGG WIND.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...CORFIDI

