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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 408

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 408

[html]WW 408 SEVERE TSTM SD 242020Z - 250300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 408
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM MDT Fri Jun 24 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Western South Dakota

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are beginning to develop across central and
western South Dakota, in a moderately moist and unstable air mass.
A few severe storms are expected through the evening, with large
hail and damaging wind gusts possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles north
northeast of Chamberlain SD to 45 miles west northwest of Rapid City
SD. For a co*plete 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 407...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 408 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0408.html)