Overview

• Tornado Watch 610 is in effect from 1:05 to 9:00 p.m. CDT for parts of North Dakota and northern South Dakota, with a risk for a couple of tornadoes, damaging winds to 70 mph, and isolated hail near 1 inch.
• Severe Thunderstorm Watch 611 is active from 3:40 to 10:00 p.m. CDT for northern Kansas and southwest to south‑central Nebraska, highlighting scattered large hail up to 1.5 inches and isolated wind gusts to 70 mph.
• WPC warns central North Dakota could see localized 3–4 inches of rain in 2–3 hours, raising the potential for isolated flash flooding in vulnerable low‑lying areas.
• SPC notes recent severe gusts near 50–60 mph from eastern South Dakota into parts of Iowa and northern Nebraska, but assesses a new watch as unlikely there given weaker shear and scattered coverage.
• Forecasters point to a lifting warm front and an intensifying low‑level jet supporting supercells and mixed storm modes, with ongoing mesoscale monitoring guiding any additional short‑fuse actions.