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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 223

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN MINNESOTA

       NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 610 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

MANKATO MINNESOTA TO 105 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 217...WW 218...WW

219...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS AND OTHER SUSTAINED

STORMS...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING IN BANDS OF CONFLUENCE AHEAD

OF MAIN COLD FRONT NOW OVER THE ERN DAKOTAS/WRN MN.  DEEP SHEAR

SHOULD REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS...ESPECIALLY AS LARGER-

SCALE SHORTWAVE IMPULSE CROSSING THE CNTRL HI PLNS CONTINUES ENEWD.

LOW LVL SHEAR...AND TORNADIC POTENTIAL...SHOULD MAXIMIZE NEAR

NNW-SSE WARM/STNRY FRONT THAT ATTM EXTENDS FROM NEAR STC TO NEAR

RST.  THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE ONLY SLOWLY ENEWD

TNGT...BUT ANY WELL-ORGANIZED STORMS FORMING W OF IT COULD CONTINUE

TO PRODUCE SVR HAIL/WIND NEWD INTO COOLER AIR MASS OVER WRN WI.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25030.





...CORFIDI

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