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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 342

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1145 PM CDT Tue Jul 7 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme northwest Minnesota

  Eastern North Dakota



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1145 PM

  until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A well-developed bow echo near Bismarck will likely

persist while moving generally eastward, and other storms continue

to form to the east of the bow echo.  Damaging winds will continue

to be a threat through the overnight hours, while isolated large

hail may occur with the stronger storms developing ahead of the bow.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest

of Grand Forks ND to 75 miles south southeast of Jamestown ND. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 339...WW 340...WW 341...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

26040.



...Thompson

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