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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 748
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 748
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1005 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL NEBRASKA
          SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 105
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
   OF MULLEN NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURWELL NEBRASKA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 746...WW 747...
   
   DISCUSSION...MATURING MCS NOW DEVELOPING ESEWD INTO CNTRL NE AND
   SCNTRL SD WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE HOURS. PORTIONS OF THE MCS HAVE
   BECOME DOMINATED BY EITHER OUTFLOW OR STRATIFORM MDT TO HVY RAIN.
   HOWEVER...OUTFLOW INTERSECTIONS AND EMBEDDED ROTATING SEGMENTS
   WITHIN THE COMPLEX WILL OCCASIONALLY POSE A THREAT FOR BOTH DAMAGING
   WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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