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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 371

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 150 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LONG-LIVED LINE OF INTENSE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RACE

EASTWARD AT 50+ MPH OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND

CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WHILE THIS CONVECTIVE LINE WILL EVENTUALLY

ENCOUNTER A MORE STABLE AIR MASS...WIND DAMAGE WILL REMAIN A CONCERN

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

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

BEMIDJI MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA

MINNESOTA.  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 370...



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 27050.





...GUYER

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