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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 435
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
640 AM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Parts of northwestern and west central Minnesota
  Southeastern and east central North Dakota

* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 640 AM until
  200 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of severe storms, with both supercell and bowing
characteristics, will spread east-northeastward from southern North
Dakota into western Minnesota through the morning into early
afternoon.  Damaging winds and large hail are likely with the
stronger storms.  An isolated tornado or two may also occur later
this morning/afternoon near and east of the Minnesota border.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west southwest
of Fargo ND to 15 miles northeast of Bemidji MN. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 434...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
25040.

...Thompson