SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608
[html]WW 608 SEVERE TSTM MT SD WY 062205Z - 070600Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 608
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
405 PM MDT Tue Aug 6 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Montana
Western South Dakota
Northeast Wyoming
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 405 PM until Midnight
MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms are forecast
to develop and intensify through the late afternoon and evening and
spread eastward across the Watch area. The stronger storms will
potentially yield a risk for severe gusts (60-70 mph). Large hail
(1 to 1.5 inches in diameter) may also acco*pany the more intense
storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles southwest of
Miles City MT to 45 miles north northeast 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 605...WW 606...WW 607...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Smith
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0608.html)