Severe Thunderstorm Watch 554

Issued

Aug 3, 2012, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Antelope County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1693Aug 3, 6:19 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1695Aug 3, 11:19 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 554
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
715 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 715 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 553...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG A BOUNDARY EXTENDING
FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST NEB.  THESE STORMS WILL SAG
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
STRONG INSTABILITY...STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND SUFFICIENT
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL POSE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
THE STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...HART

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2012Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.