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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 468
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
820 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER OVER NORTHWEST/NORTH-CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WHILE POSING A THREAT FOR MAINLY SCATTERED
SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS. PEAK GUSTS MAY REACH UP TO 65-75 MPH ON AN
ISOLATED BASIS, AND AN EMBEDDED TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN SD TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BRAINERD MN.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466. WATCH NUMBER 466 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 820 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 467...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30030.
...GLEASON
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