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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 542

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

635 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Minnesota

  Northwestern and north-central Wisconsin



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 635 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to pose a threat of severe

hail and sporadic damaging gusts as they move across the watch area

from Minnesota across Wisconsin, with additional development

possible this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north of

Minneapolis 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 541...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



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