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SPC WW 152051
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED 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
SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG A
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND GROW UPSCALE INTO A LINEAR
CLUSTER. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARD THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE STORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND CONGEAL INTO ONE OR
TWO LINEAR CLUSTERS. SEVERE GUSTS WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY SEVERE
HAZARD DURING THE EVENING AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES EAST-SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF CHAMBERLAIN SD TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOK NE. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 513...
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
28025.
...SMITH
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