WW 432 SEVERE TSTM MN 180710Z – 181400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 432
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Minnesota
* Effective this Tuesday morning from 210 AM until 900 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A line of convection will move east-northeastward across
northern Minnesota overnight, with other strong to potentially
severe storms preceding it, with locally damaging winds and some
hail possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles northwest of
Detroit Lakes MN to 20 miles south southeast of Ely MN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 431…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
25035.
…Guyer
