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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 743
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

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

       WESTERN IOWA
       NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
       EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 742
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008

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

       CONNECTICUT
       MASSACHUSETTS
       NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
       SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
       RHODE ISLAND
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM
UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 741
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
710 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

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

       SOUTH TEXAS
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM
UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 740
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

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

       SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
       NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

STATUS REPORT ON WW 743

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..BROYLES..07/24/08

ATTN...WFO...DMX...FSD...OAX...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 743 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

IAC001-003-009-027-029-035-047-071-077-085-093-119-129-133-137-
141-145-149-155-159-161-165-167-173-175-193-240640-

IA 
.    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

STATUS REPORT ON WW 742

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..BROYLES..07/24/08

ATTN...WFO...OKX...BOX...ALY...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 742 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

CTC001-003-007-009-011-013-015-240640-

CT 
.    CONNECTICUT COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

FAIRFIELD            HARTFORD            MIDDLESEX           

STATUS REPORT ON WW 741

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..BROYLES..07/24/08

ATTN...WFO...


STATUS REPORT FOR WT 741 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

TXC025-047-131-175-247-249-261-283-297-311-355-409-469-479-489-
240640-

TX 
.    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

STATUS REPORT ON WW 740

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GOSS..07/24/08

ATTN...WFO...BIS...ABR...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 740 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

NDC015-021-029-031-043-045-047-051-083-085-093-103-240440-

ND 
.    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BURLEIGH             DICKEY              EMMONS              

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1889
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0146 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NEB...WRN IA...FAR SE SD

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 743...

VALID 240646Z - 240815Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 743
CONTINUES.

A SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE NRN AND ERN PART OF
WW 743 EXPANDING SEWD WITH TIME LATE TONIGHT. WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL

DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0123 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

VALID 241200Z - 251200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

...SYNOPSIS...
IN GENERAL...A FLATTENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE
PLACE...ALTHOUGH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE NRN MOST STATES. 
  
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE SWRN STATES EWD
INTO THE CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS...WITH HOT CONDITIONS PERSISTING.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES ONCE AGAIN...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.