WW 664 SEVERE TSTM NV UT 031930Z – 040300Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 664
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1230 PM PDT Sun Sep 3 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Nevada
Western and Northern Utah
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1230 PM until
800 PM PDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to increase
across the region, supported by a very moist air mass and strong
winds aloft ahead of an approaching upper-level system.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 120
statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles north of
Wendover UT to 80 miles east southeast of Tonopah NV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23030.
…Guyer
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