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WWUS20 KWNS 242214

SEL9

SPC WW 242214

KSZ000-250300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 79

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

515 PM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of central and southeast Kansas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 515 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will persist through the evening

with an attendant risk for isolated large hail and damaging winds.

The hail and wind risk is expected to diminish after sunset.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles east of Salina

KS to 60 miles southeast of Wichita KS. 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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

19020.



...Thompson

