Tornado watch until 11 pm includes eastern Twin Cities
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch until 11 pm for parts of eastern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin. The watch includes the eastern Twin Cities.
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Tornado Watch Number 395
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NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
330 PM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Upper Michigan
Eastern Minnesota
Northern and central Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 330 PM
until 1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 80 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...The air mass will continue to rapidly moisten and
destabilize as a warm front continues to spread northward. This will
allow for storms to continue to intensify. Very strong winds through
a deep-layer will allow for both supercells and bowing segments.
Given the very moist environment and strength of the
deep-layer/low-level winds, a tornado risk exists, a few of which
could be strong/intense. Storms will steadily race
east-northeastward into northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan this evening.