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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN CENTRAL IOWA
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
          NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
          LAKE SUPERIOR
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST
   OF FAIRMONT MINNESOTA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF KENNEDY WISCONSIN. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 489...WW 490...WW
   491...WW 492...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SERN SD INTO NERN NE
   MOVING RAPIDLY NEWD.  AIRMASS ACROSS WATCH INTO NRN WI IS VERY
   UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED. EXPECT CURRENT SEVERE LINE TO CONTINUE WITH
   ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF LINE.  PRIMARY
   THREAT WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES