Saturday, May 24, 2008

Tornado Watch 352

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 352
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF BISMARCK
NORTH DAKOTA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BISMARCK NORTH
DAKOTA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 346
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WW 347
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WW
348
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WW 349
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WW 350
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WW 351
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DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEWD
INTO WW AREA THIS EVENING AS ASCENT/COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH
LEFT EXIT REGION OF NEB/SD JET STREAK OVERSPREADS CORRIDOR OF
LOW-LVL WARMING/MOISTENING NEAR OCCLUDED FRONT. BACKED LOW-LEVEL
FLOW AND SMALL TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS COULD YIELD A COUPLE TORNADOES
IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL/WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...CORFIDI

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