Monday, September 22, 2008

WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 907

WWUS20 KWNS 230034
SEL7
SPC WW 230034
MNZ000-NDZ000-230700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 907
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF HALLOCK MINNESOTA TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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...CONTINUE...WW 906...

DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL ND IN AREA OF
ASCENT VICINITY NE/SW BOUNDARY. WITH MLCAPES TO 1500 J/KG AND
INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE SHEAR DURING EVENING AS LLJ
INTENSIFIES...SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH PRIMARILY
LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS.

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 24035.


...HALES

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