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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 392

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE EXPECTED TO

SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT INTO CENTRAL SD...WHILE NEW SEVERE STORMS

ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST

SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING.  THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD

SOUTHEASTWARD WITH TIME EVENTUALLY IMPACTING SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

FAIRMONT MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 390...WW 391...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...WEISS

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