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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 561
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL1

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 561
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   425 PM CDT Mon Jul 29 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central North Dakota
     Northern Nebraska
     Central South Dakota

   * Effective this Monday afternoon from 425 PM until Midnight CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter likely

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop and intensify across the watch
   area through the late afternoon and evening hours, with initial
   cells capable of large hail and locally damaging winds.  The
   potential exists for more widespread wind damage potential by mid
   evening as storm clusters organize.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest
   of Bismarck ND to 10 miles south southeast of Ainsworth NE. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   28030.

   ...Hart
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