WWUS20 KWNS 291510
SEL4
SPC WW 291510
MNZ000-292100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 414
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1015 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern and central Minnesota

* Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 1015 AM until
  400 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  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
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A well-organized and fast-moving storm complex will
continue generally northeastward across north-central/northern
Minnesota through the afternoon, with damaging winds and large hail
as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles south
southwest of Bemidji MN to 40 miles north northeast of Duluth MN.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 413...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
23040.

...Guyer