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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 430

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON

OVER CENTRAL ND AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  VERY

LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS...ALONG WITH A

FEW TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135 STATUTE

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

DEVILS LAKE NORTH DAKOTA TO 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN

NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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