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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 476
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and eastern North Dakota

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered supercells are possible through late
evening, starting in northern North Dakota and developing southward
with time.  Occasional large hail up to 2 inches in diameter will be
the main threat, though some storm clustering could result in an
increase in the threat for wind damage by late evening.  An isolated
tornado or two may also occur with favorable storm/boundary
interactions, though confidence in the tornado threat is low.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of
Devils Lake ND to 75 miles south southwest of Jamestown ND. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 474...WW 475...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
33015.

...Thompson