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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 512
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1125 PM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern Minnesota
  East central North Dakota

* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 1125 PM
  until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...A band of storms with embedded supercell structures is
expected to develop/expand eastward through the early morning hours
from eastern North Dakota into northern Minnesota.  Large hail of
1-2 inches in diameter will be the main threat initially, though
there will be some potential for isolated strong-severe outflow
gusts up to 65 mph as storm clusters grow overnight.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north
northwest of Jamestown ND to 65 miles east of Bemidji MN. 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Thompson