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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 585
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
655 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern into Western Minnesota
  Northeast South Dakota
  Western Wisconsin

* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 655 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms will
likely persist into the mid to late evening across the Watch area. 
Severe gusts (60-75 mph) capable of wind damage appear to be the
primary hazard, but large hail (1 to 1.5 inches in diameter) is also
possible with the stronger thunderstorm cores.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north of
Watertown SD to 55 miles east of Rochester MN. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 579...WW 580...WW
581...WW 582...WW 583...WW 584...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Smith