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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 537
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
550 PM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning from 550 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity this
evening in vicinity of a cold front moving across the area.  A few
severe storms are expected, capable of hail and damaging wind gusts.
 An isolated tornado is possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles south southwest
of Detroit Lakes MN to 80 miles northeast of Thief River Falls MN.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart