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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
..THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 100
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND
BECOME SEVERE WITH AN INITIAL THREAT FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND
SEVERE GUSTS. AS ADDITIONAL STORMS FORM AND COLD POOLS COALESCE, A
LINEAR CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY THE EARLY EVENING. A
SEVERE-WIND SQUALL LINE WITH WIDESPREAD SEVERE GUSTS IS FORECAST AND
PEAK GUSTS 85 TO 100 MPH ARE LIKELY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF PHILIP SD TO 20 MILES 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.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 85 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28040.
...SMITH
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