Tornado watch until 10 pm includes Twin Cities
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch until 10 pm tonight for most of southern Minnesota. The watch includes the Twin Cities metro area.
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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 255
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NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
TO BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES ALONG
WITH HAIL/WIND THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS
MINNESOTA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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