891  
WWUS20 KWNS 040004  
SEL5  
SPC WW 040004  
NDZ000-040700-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 485  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
705 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2025  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
NORTH DAKOTA  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM  
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS  
TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75  
MPH POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...AS A CAP WEAKENS, STORMS SHOULD FURTHER DEVELOP AND  
INTENSIFY THIS EVENING, INCLUDING INITIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH  
DAKOTA, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. LARGE  
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A MOIST AND VERY  
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85  
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST  
OF DICKINSON ND TO 45 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE 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 484...  
 
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO  
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A  
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR  
26025.  
 
...GUYER  
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