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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 429

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ESPECIALLY NEAR A SLOW EASTWARD-MOVING FRONT...SCATTERED

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY WITHIN A

MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN

SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE

PRIMARY HAZARDS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF

HALLOCK MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27020.





...GUYER

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