WW 548 SEVERE TSTM MN 260225Z – 260900Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 548
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
925 PM CDT Tue Jul 25 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Minnesota
* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 925 PM
until 400 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A cluster of storms, with embedded supercells initially,
is expected to grow upscale while spreading southeastward across
western and southern Minnesota. Large hail will be possible
initially, and the threat for damaging winds up to 75 mph will
increase overnight. An isolated tornado or two may also occur with
embedded circulations.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles northwest of
Redwood Falls MN to 55 miles east of Redwood Falls MN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 547...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
31030.
...Thompson
