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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 257

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  South-central Nebraska



* Effective this Sunday afternoon from 545 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple clusters of strong to severe storms should spread

east-northeast into central portions of Kansas and Nebraska this

evening. Scattered severe wind gusts, isolated severe hail, and a

brief tornado are the most likely hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles east southeast

of Dodge City KS to 20 miles west of Grand Island NE. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 252...WW 253...WW

254...WW 255...WW 256...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



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