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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 212

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

605 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Kansas

  Central and southern Nebraska



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 605 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms are expected to move into

southern and western portions of the watch area in the next couple

hours, with upscale expansion into severe convective complex(es)

through the evening.  A tornado or two may occur in the southern and

western parts of the watch.  The bulk of the area will be under a

dominant threat for severe wind and large to locally very large

hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south

southwest of Broken Bow NE to 25 miles north northeast of Manhattan

KS. 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 205...WW 206...WW

207...WW 208...WW 209...WW 210...WW 211...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

27030.



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