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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 112

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

505 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central Nebraska



* Effective this Monday afternoon from 505 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered supercell development is expected this evening

across central Nebraska.  Large hail will be the main threat

(potentially up to 2.5 inches in diameter), though isolated damaging

winds of 60-70 mph and a tornado or two may also occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles west northwest

of Valentine NE to 50 miles west of Kearney 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 109...WW 110...WW 111...



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

20025.



...Thompson