![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1545 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1152 PM CDT Wed Jul 02 2025 AREAS AFFECTED...Southeast SD...northeast NE...northwest IA...and far southwest MN CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 030452Z - 030645Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 percent SUMMARY...Isolated instances of SEVERE HAIL will be possible with the stronger storms tonight. DISCUSSION...In response to weak low-level warm advection, isolated thunderstorms are developing along the northeastern periphery of a large-scale ridge. Here, 30-40 kt of midlevel northwesterly flow is yielding an elongated/mostly straight hodograph (around 30 kt of effective ....... more |