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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 435 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 85
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THIS
AFTERNOON AND BECOME SEVERE. THE STRONGER STORMS INITIALLY WILL
LIKELY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR POSING A RISK FOR TORNADOES, LARGE TO
VERY LARGE HAIL, AND SEVERE GUSTS. AS MORE STORMS DEVELOP THIS
EVENING AND AN ELONGATED LINEAR CLUSTER EVOLVES, THE SEVERE-WIND
THREAT WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE PREVALENT. SEVERE GUSTS RANGING FROM
60-85 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER OUTFLOW SURGES AND MORE
INTENSE CORES. A LINGERING RISK FOR TORNADOES MAY CONTINUE WELL
INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF MINOT ND TO 65 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERLAIN 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 293...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 21030.
...SMITH
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