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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA

  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 415 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GROW AND ORGANIZE FURTHER

THROUGH THIS EVENING...SWEEPING GENERALLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL

LARGE HAIL.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1047 FOR INITIAL

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 110 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF GLASGOW MONTANA TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26035.





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