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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 423
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1200 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern and Northeast North Dakota

* Effective this Sunday morning from Midnight until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A severe squall line will likely continue east across
northern and into northeast North Dakota tonight.  Severe gusts
(60-80 mph) will be the primary risk with the stronger surges and
embedded bowing segments within the thunderstorm band.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west of Devils
Lake ND to 25 miles north of Grand Forks ND. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 421...WW 422...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26045.

...Smith