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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 375
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Colorado
  Western and Central Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  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
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue to
develop and intensify over the Nebraska Panhandle and northeast
Colorado and move east into central Nebraska this evening.  A few
supercells and severe thunderstorm clusters are expected with large
to very large hail, severe gusts (60-80 mph), and perhaps a tornado.
A forward-propagating linear cluster of storms will probably evolve
this evening with the main threat becoming severe gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south
southwest of Scottsbluff NE to 30 miles northeast of Burwell NE. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 372...WW 373...WW 374...

AVIATION...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
27030.

...Smith