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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 332

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  WESTERN WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF

ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE

WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 331...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SRN AND ERN ND ARE EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE TO GROW UPSCALE WHILE ADDITIONAL STORMS INCREASE ALONG AND

NORTH OF A  WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SD/ND BORDER EAST ACROSS

CNTRL MN INTO WRN WI. LIFT ACROSS THIS FRONT WILL STRENGTHEN AS LOW

LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES AND CONTRIBUTES TO STORM PERSISTENCE ON THE

EDGE OF PLAINS CAPPING INVERSION. EXPECT EVENTUAL EVOLUTION INTO

FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK GENERALLY ESEWD ACROSS MN AND INTO WRN WI

THROUGH LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.



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 29030.





...CARBIN

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