WW 450 SEVERE TSTM ND 240455Z – 241000Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 450
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1155 PM CDT Sun Jun 23 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North-central North Dakota
* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1155 PM
until 500 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Supercells should pose some threat for severe hail around
1-2 inches in diameter as they move east-southeastward.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles either side of a line from 75 miles west northwest of
Minot ND to 65 miles east of Minot ND. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU0).
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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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
29035.
…Gleason
