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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 438

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

505 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Kansas

  Southern Nebraska



* Effective this Friday afternoon from 505 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Storms will continue to develop south/southwestward along

an advancing cold front across south-central/southeast Nebraska into

northern Kansas. Severe hail and damaging winds are possible where

storms develop late this afternoon into evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 85 miles southwest of

Hastings NE to 30 miles east northeast of Beatrice NE. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 436...WW 437...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

33020.



...Guyer

