ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 040230 SPC MCD 040230 NEZ000-040300- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1752 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0930 PM CDT MON OCT 03 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF W CENTRAL NEB CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 489... VALID 040230Z - 040300Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 489 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...SEVERE RISK CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH...BUT ISOLATED/MARGINAL HAIL AND/OR WIND GUSTS MAY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO ACROSS A SMALL/REMNANT PORTION OF WW 489 AND VICINITY. DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR LOOP REVEALS A CONTINUED DECREASE IN CONVECTIVE INTENSITY IN AND NEAR WW 489...IN LINE WITH PRIOR EXPECTATIONS GIVEN WEAKER INSTABILITY E OF THE WW. GREATEST RISK -- ALBEIT ISOLATED/LIMITED AT THIS POINT -- PERSISTS ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF W CENTRAL NEB -- CENTERED INVOF LINCOLN/MCPHERSON/THOMAS/LOGAN/BROWN/BLAINE COUNTIES...NEAREST THE AXIS OF GREATEST REMAINING SURFACE-BASED CAPE. HOWEVER...AS THE FRONT -- AND ASSOCIATED BAND OF CONVECTION -- CONTINUES TO SHIFT EWD/SEWD ACROSS THE AREA...LINGERING RISK WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH LATE EVENING. ..GOSS.. 10/04/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF... LAT...LON 42570066 42649978 42209941 40870003 40390070 40460156 41220158 42200080 42570066 NNNN