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SEL7 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 647 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 515 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North-central Nebraska Southeast and East-central South Dakota * Effective this Sunday afternoon from 515 PM until Midnight 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 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should intensify this evening while posing a threat for large hail around 1-2 inches in diameter, along with severe/damaging winds up to 65-75 mph. This threat should continue through much of the evening as this activity spreads east-northeastward. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north northeast of Huron SD to 30 miles east southeast of Ainsworth NE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 646... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 26025. ...Gleason