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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 241

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ONE OR TWO EAST- TO EAST-SOUTHEAST MOVING CLUSTERS OF

STORMS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVERNIGHT FROM THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER

NORTH CENTRAL ND AS THE EXISTING STORMS ENCOUNTER SEASONABLY

WARM/MOIST SELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW NEAR DIFFUSE WARM FRONT. SOME OF THE

STORMS COULD YIELD LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST

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

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 240...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 26035.





...CORFIDI

