URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 466
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Minnesota
  Eastern North Dakota

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon along and
ahead of a cold front, and build eastward through the watch area. 
Large hail and damaging winds will be possible with this activity.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of Fargo
ND to 35 miles south southeast of International Falls MN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart