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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS

  WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1000

  PM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF

TOPEKA KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46. WATCH NUMBER 46 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 1000 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 47...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS WILL SPREAD EWD/NEWD FROM KS

INTO MO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE LARGE

HAIL WITH THE STORMS WELL NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...WHILE DAMAGING

WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE BOUNDARY WITH EMBEDDED

SUPERCELLS.



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 25025.





...THOMPSON

