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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 368

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

920 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  North Central Kansas

  Central Nebraska



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 920 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving bow echo over southwest Nebraska is expected

to track across the watch area during the next few hours, posing a

risk of damaging winds and some hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Columbus NE to 75 miles south southwest of Hastings NE. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 366...WW 367...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Hart

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