WW 263 SEVERE TSTM ND SD 200010Z – 200400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 263
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
710 PM CDT Sun May 19 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern North Dakota
Northeast South Dakota
* Effective this Sunday evening from 710 PM until 1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will potentially
be capable of 60-70 mph gusts and large hail 1 to 1.5 inches in
diameter through the evening hours. The severe risk is forecast to
diminish by late evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north of
Mobridge SD to 120 miles southeast of Mobridge SD. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 259…WW 260…WW
261…WW 262…
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 400. Mean storm motion vector
23035.
…Smith
