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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 523

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

905 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 905 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

ONEILL NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 518...WW 520...WW

521...WW 522...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NEWD INTO CENTRAL

NEB.  WITH A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE SLY FLOW STORMS EXPECTED TO REMAIN

POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH PRIMARY THREAT DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE

NEWD THRU THE WATCH.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...HALES

