SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 581
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 581
[html]WW 581 SEVERE TSTM MN WI LS 311910Z - 010000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 581
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Minnesota
Far Northwest Wisconsin
Lake Superior
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 210 PM
until 700 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A well-organized, bowing co*plex of thunderstorms should
continue to pose a threat for mainly severe/damaging winds up to
around 65-75 mph as it moves quickly east-northeastward this
afternoon and early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northwest of
Hibbing MN to 75 miles south southwest of Duluth MN. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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...c*NTINUE...WW 579...WW 580...
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
26040.
...Gleason
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 581 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0581.html)