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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 565
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
1100 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN ONGOING SUPERCELL/SMALL CLUSTER MAY CONTINUE TO POSE A
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL UP TO 1-2 INCHES IN DIAMETER ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM AND CONSOLIDATE INTO A BOWING CLUSTER WITH A
GREATER THREAT FOR SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 65-75 MPH. A TORNADO
OR TWO ALSO APPEARS POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF RAPID CITY SD TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILIP SD. 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 564...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
31020.
...GLEASON
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