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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 469
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 469
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   245 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN AND CENTRAL MONTANA
          NORTHEAST WYOMING
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 130
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF GLASGOW MONTANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN
   WYOMING.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 468...
   
   DISCUSSION...WIDELY SCTD TSTMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO
   FORM IN AREA OF SUSTAINED...MODERATELY MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW DURING THE
   NEXT FEW HOURS.  GLANCING INFLUENCE OF UPR DISTURBANCE NOW OVER NW/N
   CNTRL MT...AND STRONG SFC HEATING WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE REGION
   WITH 40-50 KT DEEP WSWLY SHEAR.  A STORM OR TWO MAY ALSO FORM INVOF
   DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY EXTENDING ENE FROM NEAR LWT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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