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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 633
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WW0633 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 633
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   435 AM CDT Sun Aug 18 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Northeast Nebraska
     Southern South Dakota

   * Effective this Sunday morning from 435 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible
     Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter
       possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered elevated supercells are forecast to continue
   southeast into the Watch area this morning.  Large to very large
   hail (1 to 2.5 inches in diameter) and severe gusts (60-75 mph) are
   possible with the stronger storms as this activity moves southeast
   along an instability gradient in advance of a mid-level disturbance.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles east and west of a line from 80 miles north northeast
   of Ainsworth NE to 35 miles south southeast of Burwell NE. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   32030.

   ...Smith
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