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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 298

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

145 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG

AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS MN.  A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY

BECOME SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING

WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

ELY MINNESOTA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CLOUD

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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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