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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 272

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

555 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West Central Minnesota

  Central Nebraska

  Eastern South Dakota



* Effective this Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning from 555 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop and rapidly

intensify this afternoon across parts of Nebraska and build

northward into South Dakota.  Large hail will be possible with the

strongest cells, along with an increasing risk of locally damaging

winds after dark.  Storms may continue to redevelop through much of

the evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest

of Ortonville MN to 50 miles southwest of North Platte NE. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 270...WW 271...



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

24030.



...Hart

