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The Alabama Forestry Commission encourages the public to be extra cautious with fires and fireworks due to the dry conditions across the state. All outdoor fires should be monitored while they burn and properly extinguished. The Tallassee Tribune (Alexander City, Ala.), July 1, 2024

MD 1508 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 496... FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA
Mesoscale Discussion 1508 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0600 PM CDT Mon Jul 01 2024 Areas affected...portions of south-central Nebraska Concerning...Tornado Watch 496... Valid 012300Z - 020030Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 496 continues. SUMMARY...The severe threat continues across Tornado Watch 496. All severe hazards are possible with the more dominant supercell structures this evening, especially with any storms that can anchor to the surface warm front. DISCUSSION...Scattered multicells and at least one sustained supercell have become established north of a surface warm front over south-central NE. These storms continue to progress east-northeast amid a strongly sheared and unstable airmass through evening. At the moment, most of these storms are rooted above a stable boundary layer north of the warm front. The supercell over Furnas County, NE appears anchored on or immediately north of the surface warm front, and this storm has the best potential to be surface based and produce all severe hazards. Storms south of the warm front will occur in a deep boundary layer and veered low-level flow, with severe gusts the main threat. Storms north of the front should remain elevated, accompanied by mainly a large hail threat, though a severe gust cannot be ruled out. ..Squitieri.. 07/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF... LAT...LON 39989923 40049963 40249988 40750008 41060000 41459940 41469852 41219783 40739751 40289764 40129840 39989923 Read more

WW 0494 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WSW MHN TO 50 SE BIS. ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...CYS...LBF...UNR...ABR... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEC031-075-020040- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CHERRY GRANT SDC021-045-049-065-069-075-085-089-095-107-117-119-121-123-129- 020040- SD . SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CAMPBELL EDMUNDS FAULK HUGHES HYDE JONES LYMAN MCPHERSON MELLETTE POTTER STANLEY SULLY TODD TRIPP WALWORTH THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 0494 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WSW MHN TO 50 SE BIS. ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...CYS...LBF...UNR...ABR... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEC031-075-020040- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CHERRY GRANT SDC021-045-049-065-069-075-085-089-095-107-117-119-121-123-129- 020040- SD . SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CAMPBELL EDMUNDS FAULK HUGHES HYDE JONES LYMAN MCPHERSON MELLETTE POTTER STANLEY SULLY TODD TRIPP WALWORTH THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

MD 1507 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 495... FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
Mesoscale Discussion 1507 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0544 PM CDT Mon Jul 01 2024 Areas affected...Central North Dakota Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 495... Valid 012244Z - 020015Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 495 continues. SUMMARY...Gusty winds and hail are possible with convection this evening. DISCUSSION...Strongest mid-level height falls are spreading across the northern High Plains this evening in response to upstream short-wave trough. Extensive cloudiness has limited surface heating across much of ND, and low-level lapse rates are not particularly steep. Even so, a narrow corridor of pre-frontal buoyancy extends across south-central into central ND where MLCAPE values are near 1000 J/kg. Convection should continue to congeal along/ahead of the wind shift, but in the absence of meaningful supercell development, hail should generally remain below 1.5 inches. Gusty winds may be the primary concern, and generally less than 50kt. ..Darrow.. 07/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...ABR...BIS... LAT...LON 45930049 46890045 47770144 47950022 47329928 46039957 45930049 Read more

WW 0494 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WSW MHN TO 50 SE BIS. ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...CYS...LBF...UNR...ABR... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 494 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEC031-075-020040- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CHERRY GRANT SDC021-045-049-065-069-075-085-089-095-107-117-119-121-123-129- 020040- SD . SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CAMPBELL EDMUNDS FAULK HUGHES HYDE JONES LYMAN MCPHERSON MELLETTE POTTER STANLEY SULLY TODD TRIPP WALWORTH THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 494 SEVERE TSTM NE SD 011935Z - 020200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 494 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 135 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of The Nebraska Panhandle into Northwest Nebraska Western and Central South Dakota * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until 800 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Initial supercell thunderstorms should pose a threat for large hail generally 1-2 inches in diameter this afternoon. As this activity spreads eastward later this afternoon and evening, it should grow upscale in more of a line/cluster, with a greater threat for severe/damaging winds up to around 60-70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Mobridge SD to 70 miles southeast of Chadron NE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 26035. ...Gleason Read more

WW 0495 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NNW MBG TO 45 W DVL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1507 ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...BIS... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NDC029-031-043-047-051-093-103-020040- ND . NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE EMMONS FOSTER KIDDER LOGAN MCINTOSH STUTSMAN WELLS THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 0495 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NNW MBG TO 45 W DVL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1507 ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...BIS... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NDC029-031-043-047-051-093-103-020040- ND . NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE EMMONS FOSTER KIDDER LOGAN MCINTOSH STUTSMAN WELLS THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 0495 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NNW MBG TO 45 W DVL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1507 ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...BIS... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NDC029-031-043-047-051-093-103-020040- ND . NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE EMMONS FOSTER KIDDER LOGAN MCINTOSH STUTSMAN WELLS THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 495 SEVERE TSTM ND 012040Z - 020200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 495 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 340 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western and Central North Dakota * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should strengthen through the afternoon as they move generally east-northeastward across parts of western and central North Dakota. Large hail around 1-2 inches in diameter appears possible with the strongest cells initially. With time, a line of thunderstorms should pose more of a wind threat, with peak gusts up to 60-70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Garrison ND to 60 miles south of Bismarck ND. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 494... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 25035. ...Gleason Read more

Parts of Lincoln County were in Stage 3 fire restrictions. Denver7 (Colo.), July 1, 2024

Elbert County adopted Stage 2 fire restrictions in late June. Denver7 (Colo.), July 1, 2024

Stage 1 fire restrictions took effect in Gilpin County on July 2 due to the heightened fire risk and forecasted heat in coming days. Denver7 (Colo.), July 1, 2024

WW 0496 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 496 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 S MCK TO 10 ESE BUB. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1508 ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...GLD... STATUS REPORT FOR WT 496 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEC001-019-035-059-061-065-073-077-079-081-083-093-099-121-125- 129-137-143-163-169-175-181-185-020040- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAMS BUFFALO CLAY FILLMORE FRANKLIN FURNAS GOSPER GREELEY HALL HAMILTON HARLAN HOWARD KEARNEY MERRICK NANCE NUCKOLLS PHELPS POLK SHERMAN THAYER VALLEY WEBSTER YORK THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 0495 Status Updates
STATUS REPORT ON WW 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NNW MBG TO 45 W DVL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1507 ..WEINMAN..07/01/24 ATTN...WFO...BIS... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 495 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NDC029-031-043-047-051-093-103-020040- ND . NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE EMMONS FOSTER KIDDER LOGAN MCINTOSH STUTSMAN WELLS THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. Read more

WW 495 SEVERE TSTM ND 012040Z - 020200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 495 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 340 PM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western and Central North Dakota * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should strengthen through the afternoon as they move generally east-northeastward across parts of western and central North Dakota. Large hail around 1-2 inches in diameter appears possible with the strongest cells initially. With time, a line of thunderstorms should pose more of a wind threat, with peak gusts up to 60-70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Garrison ND to 60 miles south of Bismarck ND. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 494... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 25035. ...Gleason Read more

MD 1509 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA
Mesoscale Discussion 1509 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0643 PM CDT Mon Jul 01 2024 Areas affected...portions of eastern Nebraska into western Iowa Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 012343Z - 020115Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY...The severe threat will gradually increase as the warm front approaches and the low-level airmass destabilizes through the evening. Severe wind and hail are the predominant threats, though a tornado or two could also occur. A WW issuance will eventually be needed. DISCUSSION...Several thunderstorms are progressing eastward across NE, including a supercell that is traversing the warm frontal zone with a history of brief tornadoes. The surface warm front is expected to continue drifting northward with time as low-level warm-air advection increases in tandem with the strengthening of the low-level jet. Initially elevated buoyancy will advect over eastern NE into western IA with large, curved hodographs. The stronger, longer-lived updrafts that form should become multicellular and perhaps supercellular, capable of severe wind and hail. The tornado potential will be largely dependent on the degree of surface-based/boundary-layer destabilization can materialize this evening. A WW issuance will eventually be needed as storms across central NE impinge on the eastern bounds of Tornado Watch 496. ..Squitieri/Smith.. 07/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...OAX...GID... LAT...LON 41649799 41939721 42029599 41889483 41509414 40929412 40459464 40149553 40099625 40169697 40369766 41649799 Read more

MD 1508 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 496... FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA
Mesoscale Discussion 1508 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0600 PM CDT Mon Jul 01 2024 Areas affected...portions of south-central Nebraska Concerning...Tornado Watch 496... Valid 012300Z - 020030Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 496 continues. SUMMARY...The severe threat continues across Tornado Watch 496. All severe hazards are possible with the more dominant supercell structures this evening, especially with any storms that can anchor to the surface warm front. DISCUSSION...Scattered multicells and at least one sustained supercell have become established north of a surface warm front over south-central NE. These storms continue to progress east-northeast amid a strongly sheared and unstable airmass through evening. At the moment, most of these storms are rooted above a stable boundary layer north of the warm front. The supercell over Furnas County, NE appears anchored on or immediately north of the surface warm front, and this storm has the best potential to be surface based and produce all severe hazards. Storms south of the warm front will occur in a deep boundary layer and veered low-level flow, with severe gusts the main threat. Storms north of the front should remain elevated, accompanied by mainly a large hail threat, though a severe gust cannot be ruled out. ..Squitieri.. 07/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF... LAT...LON 39989923 40049963 40249988 40750008 41060000 41459940 41469852 41219783 40739751 40289764 40129840 39989923 Read more

MD 1507 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 495... FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
Mesoscale Discussion 1507 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0544 PM CDT Mon Jul 01 2024 Areas affected...Central North Dakota Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 495... Valid 012244Z - 020015Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 495 continues. SUMMARY...Gusty winds and hail are possible with convection this evening. DISCUSSION...Strongest mid-level height falls are spreading across the northern High Plains this evening in response to upstream short-wave trough. Extensive cloudiness has limited surface heating across much of ND, and low-level lapse rates are not particularly steep. Even so, a narrow corridor of pre-frontal buoyancy extends across south-central into central ND where MLCAPE values are near 1000 J/kg. Convection should continue to congeal along/ahead of the wind shift, but in the absence of meaningful supercell development, hail should generally remain below 1.5 inches. Gusty winds may be the primary concern, and generally less than 50kt. ..Darrow.. 07/01/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...ABR...BIS... LAT...LON 45930049 46890045 47770144 47950022 47329928 46039957 45930049 Read more