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WWUS20 KWNS 120248

SEL6

SPC WW 120248

KSZ000-OKZ000-120900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 286

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 60 MILES WEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 282...WW 283...WW

284...WW 285...



DISCUSSION...MERGERS OF THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS IN KS AND THE NE TX

PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN UPSCALE STORM DEVELOPMENT FOR

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE NET RESULT WILL BE A RISK FOR DAMAGING

WINDS WITH AN MCS THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ESEWD INTO OK TONIGHT.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31030.





...THOMPSON

