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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336
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WW0336 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 336
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1235 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES EAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 335...
   
   DISCUSSION...MCS IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE FROM INTENSE STORMS OVER
   CENTRAL NEB LATE TONIGHT AND SHIFT EWD ACROSS SERN NEB ALONG NOSE OF
   INTENSE LLJ.  APPEARS SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY
   WILL BE PRESENT FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE EVOLUTION INTO
   A BOWING MCS.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE
   MORE INTENSE STORMS.
   
   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 27030.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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