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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 270

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

845 PM CDT Tue Jul 10 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest and north-central North Dakota



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 845 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible



SUMMARY...Short-line segment over northeast Montana should track

east near the international border with the primary hazard being

strong to severe wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest

of Williston ND to 60 miles east of Minot ND. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 269...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

27040.



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