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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 333

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1225 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

GARRISON NORTH DAKOTA TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BEMIDJI

MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 332...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT

PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN ND AND NORTHWEST MN AS SURFACE LOW LIFTS

NORTHWARD.  MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF STORMS...INCLUDING

SUPERCELLS...WILL POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A

FEW TORNADOES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...HART

