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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 532

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MADISON

WISCONSIN.  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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 531...



DISCUSSION...BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE WATCH AS

THE UPPER LOW OVER NWRN IA MOVES SLOWLY E.  LOW LEVEL SHEAR

ENVIRONMENT VERY FAVORABLE FOR LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS. TORNADOES WILL

BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELLS AS ACTIVITY SLOWLY MOVES E ACROSS

THE WATCH.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18030.





...HALES

