

403 

WWUS20 KWNS 170107

SEL5

SPC WW 170107

KSZ000-170500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 445

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

810 PM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Kansas



* Effective this Sunday night from 810 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A southward-moving cluster of storms should continue to

pose a severe hail/wind risk across parts of north-central/northeast

Kansas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of

Concordia KS to 10 miles north of Manhattan KS. 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 443...WW 444...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

36040.



...Guyer

