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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 119
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1230 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and Central Iowa
  Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1230 PM
  until 700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Mainly elevated supercells along and north of a surface
front should pose a threat for large to very large hail as they move
quickly east-northeastward this afternoon, with peak hail size up to
2-3 inches in diameter. Occasional damaging winds may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
Lincoln NE to 10 miles south southeast of Waterloo IA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26040.

...Gleason