Tornado Watch 374

Issued

Jun 1, 2005, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2005, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 012031
SEL4  
SPC WW 012031
NDZ000-SDZ000-020400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

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

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
       WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

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 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MINOT
NORTH DAKOTA TO 95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDIG SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 372...WW 373...

DISCUSSION...AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS RAPIDLY NEWD INTO WRN ND THIS
EVENING...SHEAR  PARAMETERS WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS WATCH.  WITH MDT
INSTABILITY AND LITTLE REMAINING CAP...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
RAPIDLY ACROSS WRN ND IN AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ADDITIONALLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD FROM WY/MT ALONG AND AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT AND SURFACE LOW.  PARAMETERS SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH
LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


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