SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA LAKE SUPERIOR EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 535 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT

     URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 412     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK     535 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012          THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF                  NORTHERN MINNESOTA            LAKE SUPERIOR          EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 535     PM UNTIL 100 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 50     STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST     SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES MINNESOTA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELY     MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE     ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).          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.          DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF     NRN MN INTO THE EVENING WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. THIS     ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR NORTH OF A SHARP WARM FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS     CNTRL MN WITH ORIGINS NEAR A SFC LOW IN ERN SD. LIFT ACROSS THE WARM     FRONT SHOULD INCREASE AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH     MOVES EAST FROM THE ROCKIES AND LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES. AIR MASS     TRAJECTORIES ORIGINATING FROM THE VERY HOT AND CAPPED REGIME ACROSS     THE GREAT PLAINS WILL ACT TO FUEL ROBUST UPDRAFTS AMIDST POTENT     EFFECTIVE SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 50-60KT. ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS AND     PERHAPS EVEN EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES APPEAR LIKELY TO CONTINUE     WITH BOTH WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL ACCOMPANYING THE MORE INTENSE     CORES.          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 450. MEAN STORM     MOTION VECTOR 25035.

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