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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS

NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND OTHER STORMS

IN MANITOBA MAY ALSO MOVE TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BORDER.

STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SEMI-DISCRETE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING

WINDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MINOT

NORTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST 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 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 400...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...THOMPSON

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