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WWUS20 KWNS 070036

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SPC WW 070036

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 342

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

740 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST IOWA

  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS ARE AFFECTING CENTRAL

SD AND CENTRAL NEB THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK RAPIDLY

EASTWARD THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  THE POTENTIAL

EXISTS FOR SWATHS OF RATHER WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK NEBRASKA.

 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 338...WW 340...WW 341...



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27040.





...HART

