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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 275
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Iowa
  North-Central and Northeast Kansas
  Northwest Missouri
  Southern and Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Friday afternoon from 545 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to develop this evening
along/near the Kansas/Nebraska border. The strongest thunderstorms
should pose a threat for large to very large hail (up to 2 inches in
diameter) and severe/damaging winds (up to 65-75 mph). A tornado or
two is also possible along/near a stationary front.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of
Hastings NE to 30 miles east of Shenandoah IA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 274...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27020.

...Gleason