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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 274
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WW0274 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 274
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1130 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Extreme western Iowa
     Extreme north central Kansas
     Central into eastern Nebraska

   * Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 1130 PM
     until 700 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph likely
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Ongoing storms with a hail/wind threat may persist for a
   couple more hours across eastern Nebraska/western Iowa, while storms
   well to the west will grow upscale into a larger/bowing convective
   system overnight into central then eastern Nebraska.  Damaging wind
   swaths up to 75 mph will be the main threat, along with large hail
   up to 1.5 inches in diameter and a tornado or two with embedded
   circulations.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles south
   southwest of Broken Bow NE to 20 miles northeast of Omaha 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This severe thunderstorm watch replaces
   severe thunderstorm watch number 271. Watch number 271 will not
   be in effect after 1130 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 269...WW 272...WW
   273...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   25035.

   ...Thompson
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