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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 323

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

  EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND CLUSTERS/BANDS OF

OTHER INTENSE STORMS...EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY EAST OR

EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. SOME STORMS

WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS

SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.





...CORFIDI

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