URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 450
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western and Central Nebraska

* Effective this Friday afternoon from 525 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 2.5
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Supercells should pose a threat for large to very large
hail this evening, potentially up to 2-2.5 inches in diameter on an
isolated basis. Some chance also exists for upscale growth into a
bowing cluster this evening. If this occurs, then a greater threat
for severe/damaging winds would exist. Peak gusts could reach up to
65-75 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of Mullen
NE to 40 miles north northeast of Broken Bow NE. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 445...WW 446...WW
447...WW 448...WW 449...

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
29025.

...Gleason