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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 484
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WW0484 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 484
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   505 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     FAR SOUTHEAST MONTANA
     NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
     PARTS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA
     PARTS OF EASTERN WYOMING

   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM
     UNTIL 1100 PM MDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF GILLETTE WYOMING TO 60 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN NEBRASKA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 482...WW 483...

   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN A NORTHWEST TO
   SOUTHEAST ZONE FROM SOUTHEAST MONTANA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
   DAKOTA AND ADJACENT NORTHERN NEBRASKA...AHEAD OF AN UPPER VORT MAX
   PROGRESSING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO.  WITH 500 TO
   1000 J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPE ACROSS THE REGION AND SOME INCREASE IN
   SHEAR EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS MODEST DIURNAL
   STRENGTHENING OF SLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS OCCURS...EXPECT ISOLATED THREAT
   FOR HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

   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 30030.


   ...GOSS
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