WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 365

WWUS20 KWNS 090807
SEL5
SPC WW 090807
NDZ000-091400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WESTERN AND NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MINOT NORTH DAKOTA TO 45 MILES WEST OF GARRISON NORTH DAKOTA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 364...

DISCUSSION...NE MT TSTM CLUSTER WITH EMBEDDED SUSTAINED
STORMS/OCCASIONAL SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEWD INTO
ND...WITH PERHAPS SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON ITS ERN FLANK.
AREA OBSERVATIONS...FCST SOUNDINGS...AND CONTINUED ENE ADVANCE OF
ASSOCIATED UPR TROUGH SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SVR HAIL / LOCALLY DMGG
WINDS DESPITE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CONVECTION MAY BECOME SLIGHTLY
ELEVATED WITH TIME.

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 22035.


...CORFIDI

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