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WWUS20 KWNS 041944

SEL0

SPC WW 041944

KSZ000-NEZ000-050200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 490

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER

CENTRAL KS AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER CELLS...ALONG WITH A

RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF BEATRICE

NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...HART

