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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 463

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

905 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  southwest Minnesota

  eastern South Dakota



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 905 AM until

  300 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Line of storms may remain capable of producing damaging

wind as it continues through eastern South Dakota and southwestern

Minnesota this morning into the early afternoon.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles east northeast of

Alexandria MN to 40 miles southwest of Brookings SD. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

30035.



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