Tornado Watch 544

Issued

Jul 6, 2000, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Jul 6, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Foster County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Steele County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Traill County, ND, Wells County, ND

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 544
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
323 PM CDT THU JUL 6 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   NORTHWEST MINNESOTA                          
   EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA                       

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH
DAKOTA TO 80 MILES EAST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.


DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ND ARE LIKELY TO
SPREAD ESEWD ALONG LOW LEVEL THERMAL BOUNDARY NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 
AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPE TO 4000
J/KG.  SELY LOW LEVEL WINDS VEER TO WESTERLY IN THE MID LEVELS
RESULTING IN STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR AND HELICITY SUPPORTIVE OF
SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS.  OTHER CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE SRN FLANK OF THE CURRENT COMPLEX AND OVER PARTS
OF SERN ND THROUGH THE EVENING.

ADDITIONAL WATCHES...CELLS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER SERN MT AND
ANOTHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED SOON FROM SERN MT/NWRN SD INTO SWRN ND.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.


...WEISS

475,0995 473,0950 461,0950 463,0995

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.