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WWUS20 KWNS 092140
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SPC WW 092140
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 475
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS
WESTERN NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL
1000 PM MDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING EAST OF THE FRONT
RANGE AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
EASTWARD THROUGH LATE EVENING. STORM INTERACTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
LEAD TO UPSCALE GROWTH INTO ONE OR MORE STORM CLUSTERS WITH THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE OUTFLOW GUSTS OF 60-75 MPH AND ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF CHADRON NE TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR CO. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 474...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27025.
...THOMPSON
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