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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 649

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 649

[html]WW 649 SEVERE TSTM MN ND 261940Z - 270200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 649
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Minnesota
  Southeast North Dakota

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms should continue
to develop across far southeast North Dakota into central Minnesota,
where the air mass continues to beco*e very unstable.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles north
northwest of Ortonville MN to 35 miles northeast of Saint Cloud MN.
For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 648...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 649 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0649.html)