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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 322

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

115 PM MDT Thu Jul 2 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest North Dakota

  Western South Dakota



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 115 PM until

  800 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will rapidly develop across western South

Dakota this afternoon, spreading northward into southwest North

Dakota as well.  A few severe storms capable of damaging winds gusts

and large hail are expected.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north of Lemmon

SD to 70 miles south southeast of Rapid City SD. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



...Hart

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