Tornado Watch 586

Issued

Jun 24, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 250115
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SPC WW 250115
MNZ000-WIZ000-LSZ000-250700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 586 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

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

       CENTRAL MINNESOTA
       WESTERN WISCONSIN
       LAKE SUPERIOR

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO
65 MILES NORTH 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 582...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
583. WATCH NUMBER 582 583 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 815 PM CDT.
CONTINUE...WW 580...WW 581...WW 585...


DISCUSSION...E-W ORIENTED SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FROM
NRN WI INTO CENTRAL MN...WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALONG AND
SOUTH. SUFFICIENT SHEAR REMAINS IN PLACE FOR NUMEROUS SUPERCELLS
THIS EVENING...WITH ATTENDANT THREAT OF TORNADOES GIVEN DEGREE OF
LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND LOCATION OF SURFACE BOUNDARY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.


...EVANS

453,0962 465,0912 444,0912 432,0962

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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.