Tornado Watch 552

Issued

Jul 8, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 552
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
323 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000

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

   CENTRAL MINNESOTA                          
   NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA
MINNESOTA TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.

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.


DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY
VICINITY E/W BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL MN INTO NRN WI. WITH EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS S OF BOUNDARY AND ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...SUPERCELLS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
AS WELL AS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS PROPAGATE
E/ESE ACROSS MN INTO NWRN WI.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...HALES

444,0910 443,0962 463,0962 463,0910

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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.