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WWUS20 KWNS 302011
SEL2
SPC WW 302011
COZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-WYZ000-310300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 252
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM MDT SAT MAY 30 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
EASTERN WYOMING
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
900 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED. DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT, ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE IF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAN FORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF CHADRON NE TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF AKRON CO. 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.
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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