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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 282
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 282
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   520 PM CDT Wed Jun 17 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northwest Minnesota
     Eastern North Dakota

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop this evening along and ahead of
   a cold front across eastern North Dakota, and spread northeastward
   through early tonight.  A few supercells will be possible initially,
   with the threat for large hail/damaging winds, and perhaps an
   isolated tornado across northeast North Dakota and extreme northwest
   Minnesota.  Storms are expected to grow upscale into clusters and
   line segments later this evening, with a continuing threat for
   damaging winds and occasional large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
   Hallock MN to 70 miles south of Jamestown ND. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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.

   &&

   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 550. Mean storm motion vector
   23030.

   ...Thompson
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