![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1149 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1246 PM CDT Mon Jun 15 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...portions of the northern Great Plains CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 151746Z - 151945Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent SUMMARY...The potential for strong to isolated SEVERE WIND GUSTS will increase through the afternoon as isolated to widely scattered high-based thunderstorms develop across portions of the northern Great Plains. DISCUSSION...Latest GOES water vapor imagery depicts a shortwave trough moving out of Saskatchewan into northwestern North Dakota. Downstream of this feature, warming surface temperatures ahead ....... more |