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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 707
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   145 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 900
   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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 706...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN
   COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WW THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AHEAD OF
   APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND NEAR QUASI-STATIONARY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
   EXTENDING E-W ACROSS NRN WI.  SHEAR REMAINS MODEST AND WILL BE
   SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED LINES/CLUSTERS AND EVEN A FEW
   SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY OVER NRN HALF OF WW.  GIVEN MLCAPES AOA 2000
   J/KG...STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 27025.
   
   
   ...EVANS