Tornado Watch 337

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 337
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
305 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 334
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WW 335
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WW 336
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DISCUSSION...DESPITE CLOUDY AND COOL CONDITIONS CURRENTLY LOCATED
ACROSS SWRN NEB...WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NWD THROUGH FAR NRN KS
AND MAY MOVE INTO SWRN NEB DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STRONG MID
LEVEL JET WILL SPREAD SUPERCELLS NWD FROM KS. AS THESE STORMS
INTERACT WITH WARM FRONT...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.
...IMY