Sunday, October 1, 2017

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491

WW 491 SEVERE TSTM NE 012330Z - 020600Z
WW 0491 Image

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 491
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
630 PM CDT Sun Oct 1 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Parts of south central into northeast Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 630 PM
  until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Severe storms will continue to develop and spread
northeastward along a slow-moving front from central into northeast
Nebraska, while other storms farther to the south and southwest
could move east of the ongoing Tornado Watch 490 across central
Nebraska.  Large hail will be the main threat the next few hours,
though some increase in the damaging-wind threat could occur late
this evening as storms congeal into a larger cluster.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles east of Oneill
NE to 45 miles south southeast of Hastings NE. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 490...

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
24030.

...Thompson

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