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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

800 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA

  EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ONGOING CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WW AREA WILL

CONTINUE -- WITH AN EXPANSION OF COVERAGE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW

HOURS.  ALONG WITH RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL WILL

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE EVENING HOURS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES WEST OF

HURON 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 439...WW 440...WW 441...



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...GOSS

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