917  
WWUS20 KWNS 100034  
SEL0  
SPC WW 100034  
NDZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-100600-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 500  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
735 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA  
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM  
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS  
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2  
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING  
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS  
WILL INTENSIFY AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING, POSING A  
RISK OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND SOME HAIL.  
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60  
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST  
OF DEVILS LAKE ND TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW NE. FOR A  
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE  
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).  
 
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 497...WW 498...WW 499...  
 
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO  
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A  
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR  
28035.  
 
...HART  
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