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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 486

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

700 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 700 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SMALL BUT WELL-ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

IS EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG AN

INSTABILITY GRADIENT AND OUT OF EXISTING WATCH 485.  SOME LATERAL

EXPANSION OF THESE STORMS ALSO MAY OCCUR.  DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE

HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.  WHILE SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS HOW LONG THIS

COMPLEX WILL LAST...FAVORABLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE INFLOW AIR IS

EVIDENT POTENTIALLY AS FAR SOUTH AS THE TWIN CITIES AREA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF

SAINT CLOUD MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 485...



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 34040.





...EDWARDS

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