SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 346

WW 346 SEVERE TSTM KS NE SD 090240Z - 091000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 346
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
940 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Kansas
  Central and Eastern Nebraska
  Southeast South Dakota

* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 940 PM
  until 500 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Lines and clusters of thunderstorms over Nebraska will
spread southeastward overnight across the watch area, with the
potential for widespread strong/damaging winds and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles west southwest of
Russell KS to 10 miles north northeast of Norfolk NE. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 344...WW 345...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.

...Hart

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