URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 582
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far Southwest Iowa
  Northern Kansas
  South-Cenntral into Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM
  until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to increase in coverage and
intensity this afternoon as the move generally eastward. With a
favorable environment in place, severe/damaging winds up to 65-80
mph appear likely. Some hail around 1-2 inches in diameter may also
occur with any sustained supercell.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles east of Hill
City KS to 45 miles northwest of Omaha NE. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 579...WW 580...WW 581...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Gleason