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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 498

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN MINNESOTA

  FAR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 250 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS AND OTHER

LONG-LIVED STORMS...EXPECTED TO FORM OVER FAR EASTERN ND AND

POSSIBLY OVER NW/N CENTRAL MN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS

WILL MOVE/DEVELOP NORTHEAST OR NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH LATE

EVENING...WITH SOME BECOMING CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO

DAMAGING WIND AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

WARROAD MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 497...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.





...CORFIDI

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