SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 377

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WW 377 SEVERE TSTM ND SD 022050Z - 030300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 377
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  much of central and southern North Dakota
  parts of western and northern South Dakota

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong/locally severe storms will
continue to spread slowly eastward across WW 377 this afternoon and
into this evening.  Large hail and locally damaging wind gusts will
be the primary severe threats with stronger/longer-lived storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Lemmon SD to 65 miles east of Jamestown ND. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).

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 372...WW 373...WW
374...WW 375...

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
26020.

...Goss

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