WW 88 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 061915Z – 070100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 88
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
215 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Kansas
Western and Central Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...An arcing band of thunderstorms is expected to initially
intensify across southwest/west-central Nebraska, and into central
Nebraska and north-central Kansas by late afternoon. Some severe
hail is possible, and perhaps a brief tornado risk, but
severe-caliber wind gusts/wind damage should be the primary impact.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles north
northwest of Imperial NE to 40 miles southeast 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
20040.
...Guyer
