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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 209

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1105 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED EASTWARD

ACROSS THE NEW WATCH AREA FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF TORNADO WATCH

206...OFFERING A RISK FOR DAMAGING GUSTS.  LARGE HAIL ALSO IS

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE.  SEE SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 720 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 204...WW 205...WW

206...WW 207...WW 208...



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...EDWARDS

