This tornado watch is just to our south until midnight, but bears close watch since we are in such proximity of the watch box (my theory — within a county or two of the watch, count yourself under it too).
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 412
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN IOWA
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
WESTERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 335 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 411…
DISCUSSION…SVR TSTM POTENTIAL FCST TO INCREASE RAPIDLY OVER
WRN/CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WW AREA THROUGH REMAINDER
AFTERNOON…EXPANDING/SPREADING EWD. INITIALLY SUPERCELLULAR
CONVECTIVE MODE MAY TRANSITION UPSCALE TO DAMAGING MCS…PER
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1123.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28025.
St. Cloud Area Weather 