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000 WWUS20 KWNS 082225 SEL0 SPC WW 082230 IAZ000-NEZ000-090400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 310 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 530 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA EASTERN NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA TO 95 MILES EAST OF OMAHA NEBRASKA. 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 303...WW 304...WW 305...WW 306...WW 307...WW 308... DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS WARM FRONT WITH CONSIDERABLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE DOMINATE THREAT AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035. ...HALES 422,0975 420,0940 403,0940 405,0975