WW 248 SEVERE TSTM CO NE 292015Z – 300300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
315 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Colorado
Western and Central Nebraska
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until
1000 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to intensify across
western Nebraska and spread across the watch area. The strongest
cells will pose a risk of large hail and damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of
Ainsworth NE to 35 miles west of Imperial 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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.
...Hart
