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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 473

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1100 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South central Minnesota



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1100 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Recent surface observations confirm severe surface wind

gusts with a small convective system near Redwood Falls.  This

convection could persist for another few hours while moving

east-southeastward across southern Minnesota, with a continued

threat for damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of

Redwood Falls MN to 45 miles east of Mankato MN. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 470...



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

30030.



...Thompson

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