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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 438

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FORWARD-PROPAGATING...BOWING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS

WITH A HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT-SEVERE MEASURED WINDS UP TO 92 MPH

WILL PROCEED EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.

WHILE THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT QUITE AS FAVORABLE AS IT WAS OVER THE

DAKOTAS...SEVERE WINDS STILL WILL BE A HAZARD...POTENTIALLY AS FAR

EAST AS NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1508

FOR METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA TO 105 MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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 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 437...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27045.





...EDWARDS

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