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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 216
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 216
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1205 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA

   * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1205 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   COLUMBUS NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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.

   &&

   DISCUSSION...A COMPOSITE MCS...INCLUDING A FEW EMBEDDED SUPERCELL
   STRUCTURES AND SMALL BOWS...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A PERSISTENT
   EASTWARD MOVING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL NEB OVERNIGHT.
   THIS MCS IS BEING AIDED BY A STRONG /50 KT/ SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET
   AS PER WSR-88D VWP DATA FROM HASTINGS/BLUE HILL NEB. BOUTS OF SEVERE
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASIDE FROM
   LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH INCREASING CINH SHOULD EVENTUALLY
   LEAD TO A WANING INTENSITY TREND.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.


   ...GUYER
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