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SEL0 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 560 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 345 PM MDT Thu Jul 25 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North Central Montana * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until 1100 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to intensify over north-central Montana and track quickly eastward through the afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts are the main threat with these storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles east southeast of Lewistown MT to 70 miles northwest of Glasgow MT. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Hart