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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 181
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM MDT Fri May 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Colorado
  Northern Kansas
  Southwest and Central Nebraska

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 450 PM until
  1100 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Bands of storms will continue to increase in coverage and
intensity through early/mid-evening, initially across southwest
Nebraska and far northeast Colorado into northwest Kansas. Damaging
winds and severe hail are the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north of
Burlington CO to 30 miles east southeast of Hastings NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 178...WW 179...WW 180...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Guyer