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WWUS20 KWNS 072316

SEL5

SPC WW 072316

KSZ000-080300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 125

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

SALINA KANSAS TO 55 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN KANSAS.  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 122...WW 123...WW 124...



DISCUSSION...A LEFT-MOVING CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE

QUICKLY NNEWD INTO NE KS THIS EVENING...WITH A CONTINUING RISK FOR

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE THE BOUNDARY LAYER BEGINS TO

STABILIZE.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 20040.





...THOMPSON

