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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 163
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Southern and Western Iowa
  Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will develop this afternoon over
eastern Nebraska and track eastward across the watch area through
the evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
north and south of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Lincoln
NE to 35 miles east of Knoxville IA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 27035.

...Hart