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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 645

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 645

[html]WW 645 SEVERE TSTM MT 232055Z - 240300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 645
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM MDT Fri Aug 23 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and Central Montana

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop and move
north-northeastward across the region through early evening, with
severe-caliber wind gusts a possibility.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north of Cut
Bank MT to 40 miles south of Dillon MT. For a co*plete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
20030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 645 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0645.html)