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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 182

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

945 PM CDT Sat Jun 16 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  North-central and northeast Minnesota

  Far southeast North Dakota

  Northwest Wisconsin

  Lake Superior



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 945 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms will continue to increase in coverage and perhaps

intensity through late evening as warm advection increases to the

north of a surface boundary. Ample source-region moisture and

instability will support at least sporadic potential for severe hail

and wind into the overnight.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 140

statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles northwest of

Duluth MN to 45 miles east southeast of Saint Cloud MN. 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 180...WW 181...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



...Guyer

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