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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 454

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

700 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southern Minnesota



* Effective this Wednesday evening from 700 PM until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Short-fused tornado threat may continue from a few showers

and thunderstorms interacting with a narrow corridor of favorable

shear and at least marginal buoyancy over the area.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles north of Redwood Falls MN to

85 miles east of Redwood Falls MN. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 453...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 16025.



...Edwards

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