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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST IOWA

  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH

VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR

TWO...EXPECTED TO FORM IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA OVER THE

NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE EAST OR

EAST-SOUTHEAST MOVING CLUSTERS...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR DAMAGING

WIND AND HAIL LATER THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF HURON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX

CITY IOWA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 323...



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

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...CORFIDI

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