URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 518
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
315 PM CDT Wed Jul 19 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northeast Minnesota
  Northwest Wisconsin
  Lake Superior

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 315 PM
  until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are increasing in coverage and intensity
over northern Minnesota.  These storms will track eastward through
the afternoon and early evening, posing a risk of large hail and
damaging winds.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of International Falls MN to 95 miles south of Duluth 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 517...

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
27030.

...Hart