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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 465

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL MINNESOTA

       NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

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

MINNESOTA TO 175 MILES EAST 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 461...WW 464...



DISCUSSION...PER DISCUSSION IN SVR TSTMS WATCH # 464...CONDITIONS

APPEAR SOMEWHAT SUPPORT OF TORNADOES IN A NARROW WNW-ESE CORRIDOR

THROUGH CNTRL MN...ALONG AND JUST N OF STALLED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM

EARLIER STORMS.  GREATEST RISK WOULD BE FROM ANY SUSTAINED STORMS

WITH STRONGLY DEVIANT /SEWD/ MOTION.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 29025.





...CORFIDI

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