Tornado Watch 349

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF ONEILL
NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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.
DISCUSSION...WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY NWD AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
ACROSS NEB CONDITIONS ARE NOW FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AS STRONG MID LEVEL WIND MAX TRAVERSES AREA.
SUPERCELLS INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
STORMS INCREASE IN BOTH NUMBER AND INTENSITY THRU REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON.
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 23040.
...HALES
NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ANTELOPE BOONE
BOYD BROWN BUFFALO
BUTLER CEDAR CLAY
COLFAX CUMING DAKOTA
DIXON DODGE FILLMORE
FRANKLIN GAGE GARFIELD
GREELEY HALL HAMILTON
HOLT HOWARD JEFFERSON
JOHNSON KEARNEY KEYA PAHA
KNOX LANCASTER LOUP
MADISON MERRICK NANCE
NUCKOLLS PAWNEE PIERCE
PLATTE POLK ROCK
SALINE SAUNDERS SEWARD
SHERMAN STANTON THAYER
THURSTON VALLEY WAYNE
WEBSTER WHEELER YORK