URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1250 PM PDT Thu May 28 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western Idaho
  Central and Eastern Oregon

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1250 PM
  until 800 PM PDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop and intensify across the watch
area through the afternoon, in a moderately unstable air mass.  The
strongest storms will pose a risk of damaging winds and large hail
through the early evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south
southwest of Redmond OR to 80 miles southeast of Baker OR. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
13030.

...Hart