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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 191

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

  CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

  900 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE

WATCH AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS ALOFT ARE

SUFFICIENT TO POSE SOME RISK OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO AS WELL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE

NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 190...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24025.





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