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WWUS20 KWNS 052101
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SPC WW 052101
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 574
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND
INTENSIFY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PROBABLY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR AND
POSE A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE GUSTS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER SUPERCELLS. UPSCALE GROWTH INTO A
CLUSTER OF STORMS IS FORECAST THIS EVENING WITH THE SEVERE THREAT
GRADUALLY BECOMING PREDOMINATELY A WIND RISK.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BISMARCK ND
TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE SD. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24020.
...SMITH
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