Tornado Watch 223

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 223
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF AINSWORTH
NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 220
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WW 221
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WW 222
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DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STORMS...SOME WITH SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES...WILL CONTINUE IN A NARROW BAND IMMEDIATELY E OF WW 220
ACROSS CENTRAL NEB. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE SE AND
SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN THE SEVERE STORM
THREAT...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO OR TWO...FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.
NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BLAINE BROWN CUSTER
GARFIELD HOLT KEYA PAHA
LOUP ROCK