URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 626
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
335 PM CDT Tue Aug 25 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast to
develop and intensify this afternoon and evening as the storms move
east across the Watch.  A few supercells are possible and will pose
a risk for damaging gusts and large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Ely MN
to 95 miles southwest of Kennedy WI. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
26025.

...Smith