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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

715 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL

  100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AN INTENSE STORM CLUSTER ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

SHOULD CONTINUE NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT INTO NORTHWEST

MINNESOTA. SEVERE WIND GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARD.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

WARROAD MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80

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

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...GRAMS

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