Severe Thunderstorm Watch 266

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 266
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN IOWA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENISON
IOWA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 265
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DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF NEB IN REGION OF STRONG INSTABILITY AND
RATHER WEAK CAP. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY TRACK EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD WESTERN
IA.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...HART
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
HARRISON MONONA POTTAWATTAMIE
SHELBY
NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARTHUR BLAINE BOONE
BUFFALO BURT BUTLER
CHASE CHERRY COLFAX
CUMING CUSTER DAWSON
DEUEL DODGE DOUGLAS
FRONTIER GARDEN GARFIELD
GOSPER GRANT GREELEY
HALL HAMILTON HAYES
HOOKER HOWARD KEITH
LINCOLN LOGAN LOUP
MADISON MCPHERSON MERRICK
NANCE PERKINS PHELPS
PLATTE POLK SARPY
SAUNDERS SHERMAN STANTON
THOMAS VALLEY WASHINGTON
WHEELER YORK