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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 312

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

625 AM CDT Sun Jun 11 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of east central and southeast Minnesota

  Northwest Wisconsin



* Effective this Sunday morning from 625 AM until NOON CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A well-developed, bowing cluster moving into southwest

Minnesota this morning will likely persist and reach the Minneapolis

area by mid morning and northwest Wisconsin by late morning.

Damaging winds will be the main threat, though isolated large hail

will also be possible with the strongest embedded storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles northwest of

Mankato MN to 60 miles east northeast of Eau Claire WI. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 311...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

26045.



...Thompson

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