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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 673
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
705 PM CDT Mon Sep 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Minnesota
  North-central and Northeast North Dakota

* Effective this Monday night from 705 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered storms will continue to develop and intensify
this evening near and north of a boundary, with at least isolated
instances of large hail and damaging winds as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 105 miles west of
Devils Lake ND to 45 miles southeast of Warroad 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23030.

...Guyer