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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 463
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 463
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1205 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
          SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL
   700 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF CHAMBERLAIN SOUTH DAKOTA TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 459...WW 460...WW
   461...WW 462...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD OUT OF
   NEB AND INTO SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
   ELEVATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  BY LATE
   AFTERNOON...SOME THREAT OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO
   INCREASE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
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