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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 167

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL

800 PM MDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF NORTH

PLATTE NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 165...WW 166...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY

RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST KS AND

WEST CENTRAL NEB.  THIS AREA IS NEAR SURFACE TRIPLE-POINT WHERE

SUBSTANTIALLY BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES

WILL PROMOTE TORNADO THREAT.  SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...HART

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