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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 427
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
405 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL
900 PM 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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERLAIN SOUTH
DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA.
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 424...WW 425...WW 426...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING EWD
ACROSS SD IN RESPONSE TO STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH
VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY MAX LIFTING ACROSS NRN HIGH PLAINS.
AIR MASS IS UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPE TO 1500 J/KG. SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER
SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL HELICITY INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS TO FORM...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SELY LOW LEVEL WINDS
ALONG/NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT ACROSS SRN SD.
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 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
...WEISS
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