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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 272
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   555 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     West Central Minnesota
     Central Nebraska
     Eastern South Dakota

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning from 555 PM
     until 200 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter likely
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to develop and rapidly
   intensify this afternoon across parts of Nebraska and build
   northward into South Dakota.  Large hail will be possible with the
   strongest cells, along with an increasing risk of locally damaging
   winds after dark.  Storms may continue to redevelop through much of
   the evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
   of Ortonville MN to 50 miles southwest of North Platte NE. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 270...WW 271...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   24030.

   ...Hart
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