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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 299
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwestern Iowa
  Northeastern Kansas
  Northwestern Missouri
  Southeastern Nebraska

* Effective this Friday morning from 135 AM until 800 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...The southern part of a well-organized and sporadically
severe squall line should cross the watch area through the pre-dawn
hours.  Severe-gust swaths and downbursts are the main concern, with
a brief/embedded tornado and/or isolated severe hail also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles south southwest
of Beatrice NE to 30 miles northeast of Shenandoah IA. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27040.

...Edwards