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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 101

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN IOWA

  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI

  EASTERN NEBRASKA

  SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OR TWO OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST

MISSOURI LATER TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORMING IN THE WAKE OF

THESE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA. OTHER STORMS SHOULD

FORM/STRENGTHEN NORTHWARD FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST

SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE

ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY IN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA...WILL BE CAPABLE

OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO

THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

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

MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...CORFIDI

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