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SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 535
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
635 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Nebraska
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 635 PM
until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A linear cluster of severe thunderstorms will likely
progress into the northern portion of the Watch area through the
early evening and spread into eastern and southern parts of Nebraska
through the late evening. Scattered severe gusts 60 to 75 mph are
possible with the stronger thunderstorm cores and associated
outflow. A brief tornado is possible if a supercell can persist
south of the main east-southeastward surge with the convective line
over northern Nebraska through the early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south southwest
of Hastings NE to 40 miles west northwest of Sioux City 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 533...WW 534...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.
...Smith
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5 WW 535 SEVERE TSTM NE 302335Z - 310600Z AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE.. 50SSW HSI/HASTINGS NE/ - 40WNW SUX/SIOUX CITY IA/ ..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM E/W /78ENE HLC - 64SSW FSD/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..65 KNOTS. MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30035. LAT...LON 39910030 42619868 42619553 39919728 THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS FOR WOU5.
Watch 535 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 535 VALID 310130Z - 310240Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..KERR..07/31/26 ATTN...WFO...GID...OAX... && STATUS REPORT FOR WS 535 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEC001-003-011-019-023-027-035-037-039-047-053-059-061-065-067- 073-077-079-081-083-093-095-099-107-109-119-121-125-129-137-139- 141-143-151-155-159-163-167-169-175-179-181-185-310240- NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAMS ANTELOPE BOONE BUFFALO BUTLER CEDAR CLAY COLFAX CUMING DAWSON DODGE FILLMORE FRANKLIN FURNAS GAGE GOSPER GREELEY HALL HAMILTON HARLAN HOWARD JEFFERSON KEARNEY KNOX LANCASTER MADISON MERRICK NANCE NUCKOLLS PHELPS PIERCE PLATTE POLK SALINE SAUNDERS SEWARD SHERMAN STANTON THAYER VALLEY WAYNE WEBSTER YORK $$ THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES. $$
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Tornadoes
| Probability of 2 or more tornadoes |
Low (20%) |
| Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes |
Low ( |
Wind
| Probability of 10 or more severe wind events |
Mod (60%) |
| Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots |
Mod (60%) |
Hail
| Probability of 10 or more severe hail events |
Low (20%) |
| Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches |
Low (10%) |
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
| Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events |
High (90%) |
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.