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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 146

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

  FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL

  900 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A COUPLE SUPERCELLS AND/OR SHORT

BANDS OF STORMS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND POSSIBLY A

TORNADO...EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP NNE INTO WATCH AREA FROM NE CO

AND NW KS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

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

SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBLUFF NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 143...WW 144...WW 145...



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 24035.





...CORFIDI

