URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 398
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF MANKATO MINNESOTA TO 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
MADISON WISCONSIN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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.

DISCUSSION…TWO CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATCH
AREA THIS EVENING…ONE NEAR LACROSSE…AND ANOTHER WEST OF
MINNEAPOLIS. BOTH THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL POSE A RISK OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG A SURFACE
BOUNDARY.

AVIATION…A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29035.

…HART

IA
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLAMAKEE HOWARD MITCHELL
WINNESHIEK

MNC003-013-019-037-039-045-047-049-053-055-079-085-093-099-103-
109-123-131-139-143-147-157-161-163-169-171-080500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0398.140707T2215Z-140708T0500Z/

MN
. MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANOKA BLUE EARTH CARVER
DAKOTA DODGE FILLMORE
FREEBORN GOODHUE HENNEPIN
HOUSTON LE SUEUR MCLEOD
MEEKER MOWER NICOLLET
OLMSTED RAMSEY RICE
SCOTT SIBLEY STEELE
WABASHA WASECA WASHINGTON
WINONA WRIGHT

WIC001-011-021-023-025-043-045-047-049-053-057-063-065-077-081-
091-093-103-111-121-123-080500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0398.140707T2215Z-140708T0500Z/

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BUFFALO COLUMBIA
CRAWFORD DANE GRANT
GREEN GREEN LAKE IOWA
JACKSON JUNEAU LAFAYETTE
LA CROSSE MARQUETTE MONROE
PEPIN PIERCE RICHLAND
SAUK TREMPEALEAU VERNON