SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 596

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 596
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM MDT Tue Aug 18 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Montana
  Northern Wyoming

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...At least isolated severe storms capable of severe hail and
wind are expected to drift east-southeastward across the region
through early evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles northwest of
Cody WY to 40 miles south of Baker MT. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 595...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.

...Guyer

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