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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 395 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 155 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern and Central Nebraska * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and increase through mid/late afternoon, initially across north-central Nebraska. This includes the potential for supercells capable of very large hail, and possibly some tornado risk. Over time, storms will merge, with a broader complex of southeastward-moving storms likely evolving regionally by early evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northeast of Ainsworth NE to 5 miles west southwest of Kearney NE. 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 29035. ...Guyer