SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
          NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN
   SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 702...WW 703...
   
   DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
   NORTHEAST SD/SOUTHEAST ND INTO WESTERN MN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO REGION.  THESE
   STORMS ARE IN A REGION OF VERY UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES AND SUFFICIENT
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED/SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
   WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...HART

   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
          NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   WIDELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS
   ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 2.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER
   ISOLATED TORNADOES
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN
   SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 702...WW 703...
   
   DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
   NORTHEAST SD/SOUTHEAST ND INTO WESTERN MN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO REGION.  THESE
   STORMS ARE IN A REGION OF VERY UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES AND SUFFICIENT
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED/SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
   WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...HART

   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
          NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 540 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN
   SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 702...WW 703...
   
   DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
   NORTHEAST SD/SOUTHEAST ND INTO WESTERN MN DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
   HOURS AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD INTO REGION.  THESE
   STORMS ARE IN A REGION OF VERY UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES AND SUFFICIENT
   DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED/SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
   WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...HART

   WOUS64 KWNS 142236
   WOU4
   
   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 704
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2009
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 704 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
   
   MNC027-107-167-150600-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0704.090814T2240Z-090815T0600Z/
   
   MN 
   .    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   CLAY                 NORMAN              WILKIN              
   
   
   NDC003-017-021-031-039-045-073-077-081-091-093-097-150600-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0704.090814T2240Z-090815T0600Z/
   
   ND 
   .    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   BARNES               CASS                DICKEY              
   FOSTER               GRIGGS              LAMOURE             
   RANSOM               RICHLAND            SARGENT             
   STEELE               STUTSMAN            TRAILL              
   
   
   SDC013-037-045-049-089-091-115-150600-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0704.090814T2240Z-090815T0600Z/
   
   SD 
   .    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   BROWN                DAY                 EDMUNDS             
   FAULK                MARSHALL            MCPHERSON           
   SPINK                
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...FGF...ABR...BIS...
   
   
   

   SAW4 
   WW 704 SEVERE TSTM MN ND SD 142240Z - 150600Z
   AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   55NNW FAR/FARGO ND/ - 15S ABR/ABERDEEN SD/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM E/W /18S GFK - 11S ABR/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   LAT...LON 47659587 45229708 45229976 47659866
   
   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU4.
   

Watch 704 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 704

VALID 150235Z - 150340Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 WSW ABR
TO 45 WSW FAR TO 20 S GFK.

..GRAMS..08/15/09

ATTN...WFO...FGF...BIS...ABR...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 704 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

MNC027-107-167-150340-

MN 
.    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CLAY		     NORMAN		 WILKIN 	     
$$


NDC017-073-077-081-097-150340-

ND 
.    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CASS		     RANSOM		 RICHLAND	     
SARGENT 	     TRAILL		 
$$


SDC013-037-049-091-115-150340-

SD 
.    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN		     DAY		 FAULK		     
MARSHALL	     SPINK		 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 704

VALID 150145Z - 150240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 WSW ABR
TO 45 WSW FAR TO 35 N JMS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1888.

..GRAMS..08/15/09

ATTN...WFO...FGF...BIS...ABR...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 704 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

MNC027-107-167-150240-

MN 
.    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CLAY		     NORMAN		 WILKIN 	     
$$


NDC017-039-073-077-081-091-097-150240-

ND 
.    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CASS		     GRIGGS		 RANSOM 	     
RICHLAND	     SARGENT		 STEELE 	     
TRAILL		     
$$


SDC013-037-049-091-115-150240-

SD 
.    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN		     DAY		 FAULK		     
MARSHALL	     SPINK		 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 704

VALID 142345Z - 150040Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GRAMS..08/14/09

ATTN...WFO...FGF...BIS...ABR...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 704 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

MNC027-107-167-150040-

MN 
.    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CLAY		     NORMAN		 WILKIN 	     
$$


NDC003-017-021-031-039-045-073-077-081-091-093-097-150040-

ND 
.    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARNES		     CASS		 DICKEY 	     
FOSTER		     GRIGGS		 LAMOURE	     
RANSOM		     RICHLAND		 SARGENT	     
STEELE		     STUTSMAN		 TRAILL 	     
$$


SDC013-037-045-049-089-091-115-150040-

SD 
.    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN		     DAY		 EDMUNDS	     
FAULK		     MCPHERSON		 MARSHALL	     
SPINK		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

Please visit the National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) for more information on the warnings.

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch (listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster. The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2% to 20% (F2-F5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities), "Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%. High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of an increased threat for a particular event.