URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 499
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
425 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central North Dakota
  Northern South Dakota

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 425 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop and spread
east-southeastward across the watch area this evening.  Locally
damaging wind gusts and hail are possible with the strongest storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north northeast
of Bismarck ND to 35 miles south southeast of Mobridge SD. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 498...

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.

...Hart

STATUS REPORT ON WW 499

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 S Y22 TO
40 ENE JMS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1668

..WEINMAN..07/20/26

ATTN...WFO...BIS...ABR...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 499 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

NDC021-029-045-047-051-200340-

ND 
.    NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

DICKEY               EMMONS              LAMOURE             
LOGAN                MCINTOSH            


SDC013-021-031-041-045-049-089-107-129-200340-

SD 
.    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN                CAMPBELL            CORSON              
DEWEY                EDMUNDS             FAULK               
MCPHERSON            POTTER              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.

STATUS REPORT ON WW 498

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1662

..WENDT..07/19/26

ATTN...WFO...RAH...MHX...AKQ...RNK...


STATUS REPORT FOR WS 498 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

NCC001-007-013-015-029-031-033-037-041-049-051-053-055-057-061-
063-065-067-069-073-077-079-081-083-085-091-093-095-101-103-105-
107-117-123-125-127-131-133-135-137-139-143-145-147-151-153-157-
163-165-167-169-177-181-183-185-187-191-195-192140-

NC 
.    NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALAMANCE             ANSON               BEAUFORT            
BERTIE               CAMDEN              CARTERET            
CASWELL              CHATHAM             CHOWAN              
CRAVEN               CUMBERLAND          CURRITUCK           
DARE                 DAVIDSON            DUPLIN              
DURHAM               EDGECOMBE           FORSYTH             
FRANKLIN             GATES               GRANVILLE           
GREENE               GUILFORD            HALIFAX             
HARNETT              HERTFORD            HOKE                
HYDE                 JOHNSTON            JONES               
LEE                  LENOIR              MARTIN              
MONTGOMERY           MOORE               NASH                
NORTHAMPTON          ONSLOW              ORANGE              
PAMLICO              PASQUOTANK          PERQUIMANS          
PERSON               PITT                RANDOLPH            
RICHMOND             ROCKINGHAM          SAMPSON             

Day 1 Convective Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0805 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

Valid 200100Z - 201200Z

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE DAKOTAS/UPPER MIDWEST...

...SUMMARY...
Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of large hail and wind gusts
will remain possible mainly across the Dakotas into Minnesota.

...Northern Plains/Upper Midwest...
Severe thunderstorms including some supercells will continue to
focus this evening across the Dakotas, primarily across
south-central/eastern North Dakota as well as north-central/eastern
South Dakota, while also expanding into parts of Minnesota tonight.
Bouts of large hail will remain possible along with severe-caliber
wind gusts. This will be as storms progress east-southeastward with
the primary moisture/instability axis, supported by an amplifying
shortwave trough over Saskatchewan toward Manitoba, and the
development of a modest-strength southwesterly low-level jet across
the Upper Midwest tonight. 

...Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic States...
A few strong/locally severe storms could still occur this evening,
but overall storm intensifies are expected to continue to wane with
the loss of daytime heating.

..Guyer.. 07/20/2026