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WWUS20 KWNS 042223
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 273
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 525
PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP
THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA,
MOSTLY NORTH OF THE I-90 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS,
POTENTIALLY AS AN ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS, MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION
BY LATE EVENING AND THE EARLY OVERNIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND/HAIL
POTENTIAL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF PIERRE SD TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SD. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 272...
AVIATION...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
27025.
...GUYER
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