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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 432

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA

  EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1100

  PM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AIDED BY A STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL JET...MULTIPLE BANDS OF

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD FROM

EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA THROUGH THE

OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA.  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 430...WW 431...



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 28040.





...GUYER

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