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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 608

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1100 PM MDT Tue Aug 20 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and central Nebraska



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1100 PM

  until 500 AM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong to isolated severe storms may persist east

into central Nebraska through the pre-dawn hours.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest

of Alliance NE to 15 miles north northeast of Broken Bow 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 607...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

27025.



...Grams

