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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1149 AM CDT SAT AUG 05 2006
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN DAKOTAS
   AND MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES
   OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          MINNESOTA
          NORTH DAKOTA
          SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO WISCONSIN AND WESTERN
   UPPER MICHIGAN.
   
   A STRONG MID LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT
   WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY
   TONIGHT.  A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME
   HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG INSTABILITY IN
   ADVANCE OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
   MINNESOTA.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
   BY MID AFTERNOON IN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO FORM
   SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATER IN THE EVENING.  THE
   STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE EASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA LATER THIS EVENING AND
   CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT.
   
   ALONG WITH THE STRONG MID LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS...WINDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL
   THUNDERSTORMS AND SMALL BOW ECHOES WITHIN A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS ON
   THE COLD FRONT.  THE SUPERCELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
   LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL...WHILE DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
   WITH MANY OF THE STORMS.  A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
   POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.
   
   THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
   SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER
   RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.
   
   ..THOMPSON.. 08/05/2006
   
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