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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 501
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1240 PM MDT Wed Jul 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Colorado
  The Nebraska Panhandle into Central Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1240 PM
  until 700 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms will initially pose a threat for
large hail this afternoon. Some of the hail may be very large, with
isolated hailstones up to 2-3 inches in diameter. Otherwise,
severe/damaging winds around 60-75 mph should become an increasing
concern late this afternoon and evening as thunderstorms potentially
form into a small bowing cluster. A tornado or two also appears
possible, mainly across north-central Nebraska.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Valentine NE to 15 miles west southwest of Imperial 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Gleason