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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 529
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   145 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
          NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI
   MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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...VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS SPREADING NWD ACROSS WARM FRONT
   VICINITY ND/SD BORDER. LOW/MID LEVEL SHEAR IS VERY FAVORABLE FOR
   DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS WHICH WILL INCLUDE A VERY LARGE HAIL AND
   TORNADO THREAT.  INITIAL STORMS ACROSS SERN ND WILL INTENSIFY AS
   THEY CONTINUE NEWD WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING WWD VICINITY OF
   WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES