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WWUS20 KWNS 222219

SEL2

SPC WW 222219

NDZ000-SDZ000-230600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 192

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 520 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND SUBSTANTIALLY

INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS

EVENING...SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS.  A BELT OF

STORMS ULTIMATELY SHOULD FORM...WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND SPORADIC

SEVERE HAIL THE MAIN CONCERNS...THOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.

SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 678 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL

REASONING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA TO 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF

DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 190...WW 191...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...EDWARDS

