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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 594
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
830 PM CDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SPLITTING SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR
LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING AS THEY TRACK GENERALLY
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD. THE LARGEST HAILSTONES MAY REACH UP TO 2-2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER. OTHERWISE, A TORNADO APPEARS POSSIBLE IN THE
SHORT TERM WITH ANY PERSISTENT RIGHT-MOVING SUPERCELL. A GREATER
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS MAY EVENTUALLY INCREASE IF A
CLUSTER CAN DEVELOP UPSTREAM ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF NORFOLK NE TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK 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 590...WW 591...WW
592...WW 593...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30030.
...GLEASON
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