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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 473
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
520 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  North central into west central Iowa
  South central into east central Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected from northern Iowa
into eastern Nebraska through late evening, with a mix of multicell
clusters and transient supercells.  Damaging gusts of 60-70 mph will
be the main threat, though the stronger storms could produce
isolated large hail of 1-1.5 inches in diameter.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Hastings NE to 30 miles south southeast of Mason City IA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 471...WW 472...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
32020.

...Thompson