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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 440

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 420 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW

HOURS...ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS WITH STRONGER STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF

MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRAINERD

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 439...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...DARROW/GOSS

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