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Tornado Watch 525
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   145 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN MONTANA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
   900 PM MDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   GLASGOW MONTANA TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BROADUS MONTANA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 523...WW 524...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL MT AHEAD OF
   STRONG S/WV TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL WIND MAX.  DEEPENING
   SURFACE LOW CENTRAL MT WILL MOVE EWD WITH FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR
   PROFILES IN SUPPORT OF SUPERCELLS ERN MT.  WITH AIR MASS BECOMING
   VERY UNSTABLE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG
   WITH TORNADOES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THRU THE AFTERNOON AS
   ACTIVITY DEVELOPS EWD.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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