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WWUS20 KWNS 282044
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SPC WW 282044
MNZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-290300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 552
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NORTHERN NEBRASKA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...INITIAL SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
UP TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WITH STORMS NEAR THE FRONT CLOSER TO HURON.
EVENTUAL UPSCALE GROWTH INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS IS EXPECTED, WITH
AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS (POTENTIALLY UP TO
80-90 MPH) WITH ANY BOWING SEGMENTS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE NE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SD. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 551...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 650. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
26030.
...THOMPSON
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