SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 593

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WW 593 SEVERE TSTM MN SD WI 032325Z - 040600Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 593
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
625 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central Minnesota
  Northeast South Dakota
  Northwest Wisconsin

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 625 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast to
continue to develop and move east-southeast through the evening. 
Supercells capable of large to very large hail (diameter 1 to 2.5
inches) and severe gusts (60-70 mph) will be the primary storm mode
through the early evening.  Upscale growth into a linear cluster may
occur later this evening with severe gusts possibly becoming the
main hazard.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of
Ortonville MN to 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis MN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 591...WW 592...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

...Smith

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