Tornado Watch 744

Issued

Jul 14, 2003, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 14, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1835Jul 14, 2:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1837Jul 14, 3:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1843Jul 14, 5:55 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 141933
SEL4  
SPC WW 141935
MNZ000-NDZ000-150100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 744 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
235 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

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

       NORTHERN MINNESOTA
       EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS NORTH
DAKOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MINNESOTA.

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...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP ALONG US/CANADIAN
BORDER AND WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO A VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE WW AREA.  SHEAR PROFILES WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AS STRONG MID LEVEL WIND MAX
MOVES ESEWD ACROSS ND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL WILL
BE PREDOMINANT THREAT WITH SUPERCELLS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 29035.


...HALES

491,0982 483,0925 464,0925 472,0982

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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.