Tornado Watch 323

Issued

Jul 5, 2016, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1143Jul 5, 1:19 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1144Jul 5, 2:57 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1148Jul 5, 5:08 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1152Jul 5, 7:38 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 051904
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MNZ000-SDZ000-060200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
  EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
  900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND CLUSTERS/BANDS OF
OTHER INTENSE STORMS...EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST OR
EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 2016Tornado Watches in South Dakota, 2016Every tornado watch in 2016

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.