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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 82
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   140 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
          NORTHERN WISCONSIN
          LAKE SUPERIOR
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL 800
   PM CDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO
   90 MILES EAST OF DULUTH 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 81...
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TO OCCUR
   THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MN...SPREADING INTO NORTHERN WI THIS
   EVENING.  DEEP SURFACE LOW...VERY STRONG LOW/MID LEVEL WIND
   FIELDS...AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF
   SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
   TORNADOES.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR STRONG TORNADOES IMMEDIATELY
   ALONG SURFACE WARM FRONT FROM CENTRAL MN INTO NORTHERN 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 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...HART