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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 297

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1025 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTS

OVER 80 MPH IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MAINTAIN THAT THREAT AS THEY

CROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.  ALSO...OTHER STORM

DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH...INITIALLY OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH

DAKOTA...MAY BECOME SEVERE WHEN ENCOUNTERING PROGRESSIVELY RICHER

MOISTURE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IN A FEW HOURS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF GARRISON NORTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS NORTH

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 296...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

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

MOTION VECTOR 25045.





...EDWARDS

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