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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 472
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SEL2
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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