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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 176

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1145 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  West-Central and Northeast Kansas

  Southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1145

  PM until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized bowing squall line will likely continue

east-northeastward toward northeast Kansas and far southeast

Nebraska, while other storms develop across additional portions of

western and central Kansas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 90 miles west southwest

of Hill City KS to 25 miles south of Falls City NE. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 172...WW 173...WW

174...WW 175...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

25040.



...Guyer