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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 475

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BEMIDJI MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT

MOVING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO

STRONG INSTABILITY AND A VERTICALLY VEERING WIND PROFILE WITH

MODERATE AMOUNTS OF LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE

SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



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 24025.





...MEAD

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496 

WWUS20 KWNS 242047

SEL5

SPC WW 242047

MNZ000-WIZ000-250400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 475

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BEMIDJI MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT

MOVING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO

STRONG INSTABILITY AND A VERTICALLY VEERING WIND PROFILE WITH

MODERATE AMOUNTS OF LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL BE

SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



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 24025.





...MEAD

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