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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 535
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   125 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN MINNESOTA
          NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
          LAKE SUPERIOR
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL 600
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD MINNESOTA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ELY
   MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING ALONG COLD FRONT MOVING EWD
   ACROSS NRN MN. WITH AIRMASS NOW MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY
   CAPPED...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITH LARGE
   HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AS THE FRONT CONTINUES EWD.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
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