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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 181

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

450 PM MDT Fri May 3 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Colorado

  Northern Kansas

  Southwest and Central Nebraska



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 450 PM until

  1100 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Bands of storms will continue to increase in coverage and

intensity through early/mid-evening, initially across southwest

Nebraska and far northeast Colorado into northwest Kansas. Damaging

winds and severe hail are the primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north of

Burlington CO to 30 miles east southeast of Hastings NE. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 178...WW 179...WW 180...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

27025.



...Guyer