THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 533 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA CUSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BLAINE BOYD BROWN CHERRY GARFIELD HOLT KEYA PAHA LOUP ROCK THOMAS WHEELER IN PANHANDLE NEBRASKA SHERIDAN IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FRONTIER HAYES LINCOLN IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER LOGAN MCPHERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AINSWORTH, ARTHUR, ATKINSON, BARTLETT, BASSETT, BREWSTER, BROKEN BOW, BURWELL, BUTTE, CURTIS, DUNNING, ERICSON, EUSTIS, GORDON, HALSEY, HAYES CENTER, HYANNIS, LYNCH, MAYWOOD, MULLEN, NORTH PLATTE, O'NEILL, PURDUM, RINGGOLD, ROSE, RUSHVILLE, SPENCER, SPRINGVIEW, STAPLETON, TAYLOR, THEDFORD, TRYON, AND VALENTINE.