WW 362 TORNADO MT NE WY 232020Z – 240300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 362
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeast Montana
Nebraska Panhandle
Eastern Wyoming
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
900 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY...Widely scattered severe storms including supercells are
expected to continue to develop, initially across a broad portion of
eastern Wyoming this afternoon, before spreading into southeast
Montana and the Nebraska Panhandle. Very large hail, severe-caliber
wind gusts and tornadoes are all possible within a very moist
environment, in the presence of strengthening deep-layer winds
through the atmosphere.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
east and west of a line from 65 miles northeast of Sheridan WY to 25
miles east southeast of Cheyenne WY. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 361...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 26025.
...Guyer
