MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1658
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0224 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...S CENTRAL AND SERN MN/CENTRAL AND NERN IA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 616...
   
   VALID 241924Z - 242100Z
   
   THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 616
   CONTINUES.
   
   SEVERE POTENTIAL CONTINUES ACROSS THE WW AREA.
   
   LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS THAT THE STRONGEST CONVECTION REMAINS OVER
   ERN IA...NOW WITHIN MORE RECENTLY-ISSUED WW 617.  ELSEWHERE...CU
   FIELD IS SHOWING A SLOW INCREASE FROM NWRN WI SWWD ACROSS SERN MN
   INTO NWRN IA...ALONG THE SEWD-MOVING FRONT.  WHILE PARTS OF THIS
   REGION HAVE BEEN STABILIZED BY THE EARLIER STORMS NOW CROSSING ERN
   IA...SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS -- PARTICULARLY FROM S CENTRAL MN
   INTO N CENTRAL IA -- PRESUMING STORMS CAN DEVELOP ACROSS THIS
   REGION.
   
   ..GOSS.. 07/24/2009
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...DVN...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...
   
   LAT...LON   42989497 43329502 44479149 43439111 42959205 41659196
               40989415 41659487 42989497