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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 501

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

745 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Minnesota



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 745 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over eastern North

Dakota will continue to track eastward this evening, posing a risk

of locally damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of

International Falls MN to 45 miles east southeast of Detroit Lakes

MN. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 498...WW 499...WW 500...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27040.



...Hart

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