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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 433
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 433
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   610 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 610 PM
     until 200 AM CDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Storms will continue to develop and intensify near the
   North Dakota/Minnesota border vicinity and spread generally eastward
   this evening across northern Minnesota. Severe hail and damaging
   winds will be the primary hazards, but a tornado is possible,
   particularly near the warm front across northern Minnesota.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles south of Fargo
   ND to 50 miles west northwest of International Falls MN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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
   25020.

   ...Guyer
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