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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN MINNESOTA

  SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA TO 5 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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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DISCUSSION...ONE OR MULTIPLE ARCING BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LOW-LEVEL UPDRAFT ROTATION AND

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...AS IS SOME HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 14030.





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