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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 662
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2

   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.

   &&

   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
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