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WWUS20 KWNS 192327
SEL5
SPC WW 192327
NDZ000-200600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 445
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
630 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT PERIOD. AMPLE
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS POSING A RISK FOR LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
SEVERE GUSTS. A SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE WATCH LATER THIS EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MINOT ND TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK ND. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 441...WW 442...WW
443...WW 444...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30025.
...SMITH
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