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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 344

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

410 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Northeast Minnesota

  Far Southeast North Dakota

  Northeast South Dakota

  Northwest Wisconsin

  Lake Superior



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 410 PM until Midnight

  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

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to develop through late

afternoon/early evening near a weak surface low/nearby cold front,

and increase/move along an eastward-extending warm front/modifying

outflow boundary. Initial supercells capable of severe hail/wind are

expected, and a tornado risk cannot be ruled out, particularly near

the warm front/outflow boundary.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 135

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast

of Hibbing MN to 65 miles southwest of Saint Cloud MN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 343...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

27025.



...Guyer

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