WW 525 SEVERE TSTM MT 132330Z – 140600Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 525
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 PM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Montana
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 530 PM until Midnight
MDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms will continue to develop southeastward this
evening while posing a threat for scattered large to very large hail
(generally 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter). This activity should grow
into a small bowing cluster over the next few hours, with a greater
threat for severe winds potentially up to 65-75 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest
of Miles City MT to 40 miles south southeast of Baker MT. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 522…WW 523…WW 524…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.
…Gleason
