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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 307

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

       WESTERN WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 610 PM UNTIL

100 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

MANKATO MINNESOTA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 304...WW 305...WW 306...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN

COVERAGE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN MN...WHILE SEVERAL INTENSE STORMS

APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.  AN ISOLATED

TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT THE MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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