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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 163

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southern and Western Iowa

  Eastern Nebraska



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will develop this afternoon over

eastern Nebraska and track eastward across the watch area through

the evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Lincoln

NE to 35 miles east of Knoxville IA. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



...Hart