URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 211
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
510 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far Western Iowa
  Northern into Northeast Kansas
  Far Northwest Missouri
  Central into Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from 510
  PM until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered supercells capable of a risk for large to very
large hail are expected through early evening.  A tornado is also
possible towards early evening near a west to east oriented boundary
draped in southern Nebraska.  A clustering of storms is expected
eventually later this evening and an eastward-moving linear cluster
capable of severe gusts will likely evolve.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west southwest
of Kearney NE to 50 miles south southeast of Omaha NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 208...WW 209...WW 210...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27015.

...Smith