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WWUS20 KWNS 230257

SEL7

SPC WW 230257

NEZ000-SDZ000-230800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 197

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THIS REPLACES TORNADO WATCH 191.  SEVERE-THUNDERSTORM RISK

WILL PERSIST FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD

FRONT...WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND SPORADIC LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF PIERRE SOUTH

DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 191. WATCH NUMBER 191 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 1000 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 190...WW 192...WW 193...WW

194...WW 195...WW 196...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...EDWARDS

