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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 302
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
505 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northwest to north-central Montana

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 505 PM
  until 1100 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms should move into the western part of
the watch from the Rockies, with potential for upscale clustering
and cold-pool generation, as well as potentially intensifying from a
band of convection astride the international border between Cut Bank
and Havre.  Severe gusts will be the main concern, though isolated
large hail is possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest
of Cut Bank MT to 45 miles east southeast of Havre MT. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 300...WW 301...

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
27035.

...Edwards