827
WWUS20 KWNS 100203
SEL8
SPC WW 100203
MNZ000-NDZ000-SDZ000-100900-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 298
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
905 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 905 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN EXTENSIVE SQUALL LINE WILL PROGRESS WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. THE MORE INTENSE PORTIONS OF THE SQUALL
LINE FEATURING BOWING SEGMENTS AND DEEPER THUNDERSTORM CORES WILL
TEND TO FOCUS THE SEVERE-WIND THREAT. EMBEDDED MESOVORTICES WITHIN
THE SQUALL LINE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AND A RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO
AND DAMAGING GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HALLOCK MN TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN SD. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 293...WW 294...WW
295...WW 296...WW 297...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
23040.
...SMITH
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