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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 267

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest Minnesota

  Eastern North Dakota



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm initiation is expected soon across eastern

North Dakota and into northwest Minnesota.  The storm environment

will initially favor supercells capable of producing very large

hail.  The tornado threat will be greater where storms interact with

the surface warm front near and east of the Minnesota border.

Otherwise, storms are expected to grow upscale into multiple

clusters capable of producing significant damaging winds and large

hail into early tonight.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles northeast of Hallock MN to 75

miles south southeast of Jamestown ND. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU7).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 266...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 600. Mean

storm motion vector 23035.



...Thompson

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