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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
727 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 726 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BUTTERFIELD...OR
  ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  BUTTERFIELD...
  ODIN...
  ECHOLS...
  ST JAMES...
  SOUTH BRANCH...
  MADELIA...
  LEWISVILLE...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4410 9438 4387 9441 4387 9482 4410 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 283DEG 35KT 4404 9480
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