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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 472
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Initial List of Counties in Watch 472 (WOU)
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 472...RESENT
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   355 PM PDT MON JUN 12 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL IDAHO
          WESTERN MONTANA
          NORTHEAST OREGON
          SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM PDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF BAKER OREGON TO 50 MILES EAST OF LOWELL IDAHO.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 467...WW 468...WW
   469...WW 470...WW 471...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER EASTERN
   ORE...AND ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF ID AND WESTERN
   MT DURING THE EVENING. DECREASING CLOUD COVER OVER THIS AREA IS
   ALLOWING FOR SUFFICIENT HEATING...COUPLED WITH STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR
   PROFILES...FOR A RISK OF SEVERE STORMS.  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
   APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREATS.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 23030.
   
   
   ...HART
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