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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK EASTWARD.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN

THREAT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS

THROUGH THE EVENING.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER

NEB THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF CHADRON NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

GOODLAND KANSAS.  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.



&&



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...HART

