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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 380
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
958  PM CDT THU MAY 16 1996

.A..THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR

     PARTS OF SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
     PARTS OF NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.


THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LEMMON SOUTH DAKOTA
TO 65 MILES SOUTH 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.

B..OTHER WATCH INFORMATION.. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 379. WATCH NUMBER 379 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000
PM CDT.
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C...TORNADOES AND A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 3 1/2
IN. EXTRM TURBC AND SFC WND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CBS WITH MAX
TOPS TO 600. MEAN WIND VECTOR 26035.

D... INTENSE SUPERCELLS TRACKING EWD ALG SD/ND BORDER. VERY FVRBL
ENVIRONMENT IS IN PLACE EWD ACRS DAKOTAS FOR CONTINUATION OF
SUPERCELLS/TORNADOS. OBSERVBED AND FCST SOUNDINGS THIS AREA HAVE STG
VEERING WIND PROFILES RESULTING IN HELICITIES OF 300 J/KG AND STG
INSTBY.

E...OTR TSTMS... THIS WATCH REPLACES..WW 379..

...HALES