Tornado warnings northwestern MN

Update: 6:36 pm. Tornado warnings for southern Wilkin and parts of Otter Tail county in northwestern MN - Doppler data from the Grand Forks, ND NWS site.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
630 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS...
EASTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FOXHOME...OR 13 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CARLISLE AT 710 PM CDT...
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROTHSAY AT 715 PM CDT...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERGUS FALLS AT 720 PM CDT...
ELIZABETH AT 730 PM CDT...

INTERSTATE 94 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 39 AROUND 720 PM CDT...
AND MILE MARKER 57 AROUND 715 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.

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