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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 254

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

740 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  north central Kansas

  central and eastern Nebraska

  southeastern South Dakota



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 740 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast to move

east-southeastward across central and eastern Nebraska and adjacent

southeastern South Dakota this evening, accompanied by risk for

locally damaging winds, and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north of

Mitchell SD to 45 miles south southeast of Hastings NE. 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 250...WW 251...WW

252...WW 253...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

24040.



...Goss

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