SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 409
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 409
[html]WW 409 SEVERE TSTM MN ND SD 250015Z - 250800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 409
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
715 PM CDT Fri Jun 24 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern, central and western Minnesota
Southeastern North Dakota
Eastern South Dakota
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 715 PM
until 300 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Multiple clusters of strong-severe thunderstorms initially
over watches 407 and 408 are expected to coalesce, with additional
development possible as the activity spreads across this watch area.
The main threat will be severe gusts -- potentially 75 mph or higher
locally -- but sporadic large hail may still occur. A tornado also
cannot be ruled out, especially in northern areas near a retreating
outflow boundary.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles south southwest
of Mitchell SD to 70 miles northwest of Ely MN. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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...WW 408...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Edwards
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 409 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0409.html)