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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 530
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
125 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeastern Minnesota
  West-central and southwestern Wisconsin

* Effective this Sunday morning from 125 AM until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...The best-organized part of a thunderstorm complex has been
producing large hail and measured severe gusts in and near the Twin
Cities over the past 1-2 hours, and may maintain severe potential
southeastward through the watch area before weakening.  Isolated
severe hail also is possible from somewhat less-organized convection
to its east and southeast.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles west southwest
of Rochester MN to 50 miles east northeast of La Crosse WI. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 527...WW 528...WW 529...

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
31040.

...Edwards