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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 548

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM MDT Wed Jul 31 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western North Dakota



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM

  until 1000 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to form this

afternoon and persist into this evening across western ND.  The

strongest storms will pose a threat for large hail and damaging

winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest

of Minot ND to 30 miles west of Lemmon SD. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 547...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29020.



...Thompson

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