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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 354

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

800 PM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Nebraska



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 800 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

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms over southern South Dakota will move

southeast into north-central Nebraska shortly. This activity should

propagate toward south-central Nebraska late this evening. Hail and

wind are the primary threats.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest

of Valentine NE to 55 miles west southwest of Kearney 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 352...WW 353...



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

33025.



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