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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 437

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western and central Minnesota

  Far northeast South Dakota



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple supercells should initiate near the northeast

South Dakota and west-central Minnesota border area, while

additional cells develop south along a cold front. All hazards will

be possible, but damaging winds should be the most likely threat as

storms consolidate into an eastward-moving line across central

Minnesota.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north of Alexandria MN to 10

miles south of Redwood Falls MN. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 436...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 28030.



...Grams

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