Tornado Watch 429

Issued

Jun 7, 2005, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2005, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1225Jun 7, 1:53 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1228Jun 7, 3:40 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1231Jun 7, 6:14 PM MDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1233Jun 7, 8:18 PM MDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 072205
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SPC WW 072205
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 429
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

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

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
       NORTHERN AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
REDIG SOUTH DAKOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 426...WW 427...WW 428...

DISCUSSION...STORMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO SPREAD/DEVELOP NEWD INTO
WW AREA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AS EXIT REGION OF AMPLIFIED WRN WY
VORT CONTINUES NEWD.  BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL
STORM ROTATION...YIELDING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO HAIL AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23030.


...CORFIDI

473,1035 481,0984 445,0984 441,1035

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.