

409 

WWUS20 KWNS 171925

SEL5

SPC WW 171925

MNZ000-180200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 335

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF

INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 332...WW 333...WW 334...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE ONGOING OVER NORTH-CENTRAL

MN WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL.  OTHER STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER

WESTERN MN.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO WATCH AREA THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING

WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

