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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 308

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 PM CDT Wed Jul 25 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Iowa

  Southeast Minnesota

  Central and Southern Wisconsin



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 405 PM

  until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage

along/ahead of an approaching cold front.  Locally damaging wind

gusts and some hail are possible with the strongest cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles south

southwest of Fairmont MN to 50 miles east northeast of Camp Douglas

WI. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 307...



AVIATION...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

28030.



...Hart

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