Severe Thunderstorm Watch for SE Idaho and Wyoming
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 301 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 220 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHERN UTAH SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 1100 PM MDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE… SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE SUMMARY…THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY WEST TO EAST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IDAHO…NORTHERN UTAH…AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER EAST…OTHER STORMS…INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL…LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND…AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO…MAY OCCUR OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MALAD CITY IDAHO TO 35 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS WYOMING. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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.
