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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
1000 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INTENSIFY THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF A RISK FOR MAINLY
SEVERE GUSTS 60 TO 80 MPH. A TRANSITION FROM MAINLY CELLS TO A
SMALL THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING THE EVENING.
A LOCALIZED THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CORES THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF BOZEMAN MT TO 130 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BILLINGS MT. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 513...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
26030.
...SMITH
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