WW 554 SEVERE TSTM MN WI LS 271905Z – 280200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 554
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 PM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Minnesota
Northwest Wisconsin
Lake Superior
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will rapidly develop this afternoon over
central Minnesota and track southeastward across the watch area.
Very large hail and damaging winds will be possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of
Brainerd MN to 15 miles south southeast of Ironwood MI. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 553...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29030.
...Hart
