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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 652
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   805 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTH AND EAST NEBRASKA
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM UNTIL
   300 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST
   OF MULLEN NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST OF MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
   AHEAD OF COOL FRONT DROPPING SEWD THRU SD.  WITH 40-45 KT OF
   SHEAR...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS  WITH
   EWD EXTENT...STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP INTO LINE SEGMENTS WITH
   INCREASING WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE
   SEWD.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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