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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 389

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

       WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE

WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



DISCUSSION...ELEVATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST N OF

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON...FORCED BY WAA ALONG SWLY LLJ AXIS.

THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND MODERATELY

STRONG CLOUD-BEARING SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE

OF LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



AVIATION...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 27030.





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