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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 468

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH-CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AN INCREASE IN POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WIND AND HAIL IS

EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH AT LEAST MID-LATE EVENING...AS

EXISTING STORMS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EXPAND MORE AND MOVE

NORTHEASTWARD.  ALSO...INITIALLY SEPARATE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS

POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALONG AND NORTH OF A FRONT...ALSO

OFFERING A SEVERE-WEATHER RISK.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

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

MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ONEILL NEBRASKA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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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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 23030.





...EDWARDS

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