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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 504
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
605 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  North Central Kansas
  Central Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday night from 605 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A line of strong/severe storms over central Nebraska will
track eastward through the evening, posing a risk of occasionally
damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Oneill NE to 15 miles east southeast of Hill City KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 501...WW 502...WW 503...

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
27030.

...Hart