Severe Thunderstorm Watch #420

So the MCD issued earlier this afternoon expired with no watch issued. Some isolated storms have formed now in northern MN, and the SPC has finally triggered the watch.

This includes Duluth, Hibbing, International Falls, Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, and Superior.

455 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHERN MINNESOTA
     NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
     LAKE SUPERIOR

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
     CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE