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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 184

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

450 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 450 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

ONEILL NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 179...WW 180...WW

181...WW 182...WW 183...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/STORM

CLUSTERS/SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG AND E OF MAIN AXIS

OF MID-LVL TROUGH MOVING SLOWLY E ACROSS REGION. COOL MID-LVL TEMPS

ATOP MODEST BUT MOIST SELY LOW-LVL FLOW MAY SUPPORT INSTANCES OF SVR

HAIL...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO THROUGH AT

LEAST MID EVE.



AVIATION...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 22020.





...CORFIDI

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