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   PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1206 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
   
   ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
   AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER
   PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS
   AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
   
   THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
   
          SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
          EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
          WESTERN WISCONSIN
   
   SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE DAKOTAS...NEBRASKA...
   MINNESOTA...NORTHERN IOWA AND WISCONSIN.
   
   COMPLEX PATTERN WAS SITUATED ACROSS THE REGION WITH A COLD FRONT
   MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA. A SURFACE LOW WAS
   LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH A WARM
   FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
   WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH EXTENSIVE CLOUDS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
   HEATING NORTH OF THE FRONT...STRONG LIFTING ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER
   TROUGH IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD CONTINUE GENERATING SEVERE
   STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED...MAINLY
   ELEVATED...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
   AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE MAIN SEVERE
   THREAT FROM THESE STORMS SHOULD BE HAIL...SOME WHICH MAY BE LARGER 
   THAN BASEBALLS...AND OCCASIONAL WIND DAMAGE.
   
   OTHER INTENSE STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON ALONG THE WARM FRONT ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
   SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND STRONG 
   SHEAR WILL SUPPORT INTENSE SUPERCELLS NEAR OR NORTH OF THE FRONT.
   THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...SOME WHICH COULD
   BE STRONG...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE STORMS ARE
   EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY CONGEAL INTO A LINE BY EVENING...WITH
   WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
   WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.
   
   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.
   
   ..IMY.. 08/24/2006
   
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