Tornado Watch 678

Issued

Jun 26, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1998, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 678
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
810 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA                          
   WESTERN WISCONSIN                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 130 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO MINNESOTA TO 50
MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SAINT CLOUD MINNESOTA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 669...WW 677...

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THIS
EVENING IN WATCH AREA AS WARM ADVECTION ZONE SPREADS EWD AHEAD OF
EJECTING SD VORT MAX. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27030.

...CORFIDI

434,0964 454,0954 454,0902 434,0913

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.