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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 505 AM UNTIL 1000 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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF

BRAINERD MINNESOTA TO 130 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 492...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SLIGHTLY-ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE

TO MOVE EWD/ESEWD ACROSS MN THROUGH THE MORNING...POTENTIALLY

REACHING NW WI AFTER DAY BREAK.  A FEED OF UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE S

AND STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK FOR SUPERCELLS AND

SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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.





...THOMPSON

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355 

WWUS20 KWNS 041001

SEL3

SPC WW 041001

MNZ000-WIZ000-041500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 505 AM UNTIL 1000 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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF

BRAINERD MINNESOTA TO 130 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 492...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SLIGHTLY-ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE

TO MOVE EWD/ESEWD ACROSS MN THROUGH THE MORNING...POTENTIALLY

REACHING NW WI AFTER DAY BREAK.  A FEED OF UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE S

AND STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK FOR SUPERCELLS AND

SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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.





...THOMPSON

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