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SEL0 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 640 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 250 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Idaho Western and Central Montana * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until 1000 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forming over the mountains of northern Idaho and western Montana. These storms will intensify and organize through the afternoon and spread northeastward across the watch area. Damaging wind gusts will be possible in the strongest storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east southeast of Salmon ID to 35 miles northeast of Cut Bank 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 639... 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 23025. ...Hart