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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 532

WW 532 SEVERE TSTM NE 170020Z – 170600Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 532
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
720 PM CDT Fri Sep 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  North-central and west-central Nebraska

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 720 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to
develop eastward this evening primarily across
north-central/west-central Nebraska, with locally severe winds and
large hail possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Oneill NE to 30 miles south southeast of North Platte NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
26025.

...Guyer

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