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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 586
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
          WESTERN WISCONSIN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 400 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST OF
   MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TO 60 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS SOUTH
   DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 584. WATCH NUMBER 584 WILL NOT BE
   IN EFFECT AFTER 400 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 585...
   
   DISCUSSION...SRN PART OF EXISTING N/S ORIENTED BOW MCS EXPECTED TO
   REMAIN ACTIVE ACROSS CNTRL/SRN MN AS STORMS MOVE E ALONG AND JUST
   BEHIND ASSOCIATED GUST FRONT.  BNDRY MAY BECOME ORIENTED MORE NE/SW
   WITH TIME...AND SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
   DEVELOPMENT AS 40+ KT INCREASINGLY MOIST SSWLY LLJ CONTINUES TO
   IMPINGE ON REGION.
   
   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 27035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI