WW 426 SEVERE TSTM NE SD 170305Z – 171100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 426
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1005 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western and Northern Nebraska
Southern and Southeastern South Dakota
* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1005 PM
until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Scattered to numerous elevated thunderstorms are forecast
to develop as a low-level jet intensifies over the central Great
Plains late this evening into tonight. The stronger thunderstorms
will be capable of mainly a risk for large to very large hail (1 to
2 inches in diameter) and perhaps a more isolated threat for severe
gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles north of
Scottsbluff NE to 20 miles north northeast of Sioux Falls SD. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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…CONTINUE…WW 425…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
…Smith
