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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 360

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF MINNESOTA

       PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

       LAKE SUPERIOR



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 900

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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 357...WW 358...WW 359...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT

ENTERING WRN MN AS AIRMASS IS DESTABILIZING RAPIDLY ACROSS WARM

SECTOR.  WITH STRONG SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUPERCELLS WILL

BE LIKELY WITH ASSOCIATED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADO THREAT.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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