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WWUS20 KWNS 032136

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SPC WW 032136

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

440 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central North Dakota



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forming along a boundary across central

North Dakota.  These storms will intensify and move slowly eastward

through the late afternoon and evening hours.  More robust

development is expected to occur after dark across the watch area.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west southwest

of Bismarck ND to 50 miles east of Jamestown 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 479...



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

26030.



...Hart

