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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 248

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN MINNESOTA

  SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED NEAR THE SD/ND/MN BORDER

AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP TO THE

WEST CLOSER TO THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LATER THIS

AFTERNOON...WITH ALL ACTIVITY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST

OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...WEISS

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