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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 651
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WW0651 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 651
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1140 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
          PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1140 PM UNTIL
   600 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST
   OF MOSINEE WISCONSIN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER IOWA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 649...WW 650...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
   NWRN IA INTO SRN MN IN STRONG MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ADVECTION
   AHEAD OF S/WV TROUGH FROM THE W.  AT LEAST AN ELEVATED LARGE HAIL
   CONCERN WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE WATCH WITH POTENTIAL FOR SHORT
   LINE SEGMENTS DEVELOPING ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...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 27035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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