WW 662 SEVERE TSTM IA MN WI LS 291935Z – 300200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 662
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
235 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Iowa
Minnesota
Western and Northwest Wisconsin
Lake Superior
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Storms will continue to intensify and move
east-northeastward across the region through late afternoon and
early evening. Damaging winds and isolated large hail are expected
to be the most common hazards, although some tornado threat may also
exist near a warm front.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of Ely
MN to 35 miles southwest of Fairmont 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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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 550. Mean storm motion vector
24030.
…Guyer
