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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 425
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
825 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest into Central and Northeast Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 825 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Isolated to possibly widely scattered thunderstorms are
forecast to develop this evening into tonight along a frontal zone
extending from southwest Nebraska northeastward into northeast
Nebraska.  The environment will support large to very large hail (1
to 3 inches in diameter) with any thunderstorm that is sustained and
intense.  Isolated severe gusts (60-70 mph) may also accompany the
stronger thunderstorm cores.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest
of Mccook NE to 30 miles northeast of Norfolk 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
26015.

...Smith