SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 298

WW 298 SEVERE TSTM MN ND SD 100205Z - 100900Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 298 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 905 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of West-Central and Northwest Minnesota Eastern North Dakota Northeast South Dakota * Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 905 PM until 400 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...An extensive squall line will progress west to east across the Watch area tonight. The more intense portions of the squall line featuring bowing segments and deeper thunderstorm cores will tend to focus the severe-wind threat. Embedded mesovortices within the squall line are also possible and a risk for a tornado or two and damaging gusts may accompany these embedded circulations. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northwest of Hallock MN to 30 miles southeast of Watertown SD. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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 293...WW 294...WW 295...WW 296...WW 297... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 23040. ...Smith Read more