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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 444
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1140 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN IOWA
NORTHERN NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1140 PM
UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...OCCASIONALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE EARLY IN THE OVERNIGHT MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN
NEBRASKA/FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT MAY FURTHER INCREASE AND
GRADUALLY ORGANIZE AS THEY PROGRESS EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN
IOWA. BOUTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE, AND
DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME A BIT MORE PROMINENT SHOULD A
WELL-ORGANIZED CLUSTER/LINEAR MCS DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF AINSWORTH NE TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF STORM LAKE
IA. 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 441...WW 442...WW 443...
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 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
29020.
...GUYER
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