WW 368 SEVERE TSTM NE 240335Z – 241100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 368
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1035 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and eastern Nebraska
* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1035 PM
until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Initial storms in northeast Nebraska, some of which could
be supercells, will pose a threat for large hail of 1-2 inches in
diameter. Farther west, storms are expected to grow upscale into a
line while moving eastward across central and eastern Nebraska
through the early morning hours. Severe outflow winds up to 75 mph
will be possible with the line of storms, and a brief tornado or two
may also occur with embedded circulations.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Oneill
NE to 15 miles 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 363...WW 365...WW
366...WW 367...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
26035.
...Thompson
