Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for parts of Plains amid threat of storms with hail, damaging wind
Storms could produce damaging wind gusts and hail
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for WY, SD and NE
Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska until 10 p.m. mountain time on Wednesday. The primary threats with storms will damaging wind gusts and large hail.
A storm system moving through the northern part of the country on Wednesday could produce a chance of showers and storms from the Rockies through the upper Midwest.
Due to frontal boundaries and the existence of plenty of moisture, some storms will have the potential to turn severe with large hail and damaging winds.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center said the greatest chance for severe weather will be during the evening from Wyoming through Minnesota.
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The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8 p.m. Mountain for northern Nebraska, western and central South Dakota and northeast Wyoming.
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The forecast
The SPC has highlighted an area that stretches from Minnesota and the Dakotas through the Central Plains and parts of the northern Rockies as having a chance of seeing severe weather on Wednesday. However, there's a higher chance from Grand Forks and Fargo in North Dakota south through Watertown and Pierre in South Dakota.
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As with any severe thunderstorm, there is the threat of damaging winds.
There's a higher chance for wind gusts higher than 75 mph in South Dakota. Communities that need to be weather aware include Mobridge, Aberdeen, Watertown, Campbell, Clifton, Pierre and Chamberlain.
Areas with the highest chance of seeing damaging wind on Wednesday, June 29.
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Hail is also a concern, but the SPC has highlighted areas of North Dakota and Minnesota where the threat of 2-inch hail or larger is possible. Those communities with the highest risk include Cando, Glenfield, Jamestown, Carlisle, Grand Forks and Fargo in North Dakota, as well as extreme northwestern Minnesota.
The large hail threat on Wednesday, June 29.
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Because the storms will be widely scattered, meteorologists are not anticipating a significant outbreak or a substantial flood threat.
Forecast models show most rainfall accumulations will be below an inch as the clusters of storms move relatively quickly to the east and northeast.
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The chance of seeing strong to severe storms will shift eastward on Thursday and could include cities such as Green Bay, Wisconsin; Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; and Minneapolis.
Meteorologists warn the highest risks on Thursday will again be for hail and damaging winds.
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