Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
WW 480 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 300450Z – 301100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Kansas
Western and Central Nebraska
* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1150 PM
until 600 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Various forecast guidance suggests that storms should
intensify, expand, and linearly organize into the overnight as they
progress southeastward, potentially into an MCS with wind
damage/some hail possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
northwest of Mccook NE to 30 miles southeast of Hastings NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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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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 550. Mean storm motion vector
30025.
…Guyer
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