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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 326

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

410 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN IOWA

  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

  WESTERN WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 410 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER CENTRAL MN...AND OTHERS EXPECTED TO

FORM A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN SD AND SW MN...EXPECTED

TO MERGE INTO AN EXTENSIVE LINE OF STORMS. THIS SE-MOVING LINE WILL

CONTAIN BOWING SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SWATHS OF DAMAGING

WIND AND SEVERE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO A COUPLE BRIEF

TORNADOES...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF

MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY

IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 323...WW 324...WW 325...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

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

MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...CORFIDI

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