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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 520

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1045 AM CST Sun Dec 25 2016



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  Far south-central Nebraska



* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 1045 AM until

  500 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A narrow line of thunderstorms will sweep east-northeast

this afternoon with the primary hazard being strong to isolated

severe wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles northwest of

Concordia KS to 45 miles south southwest of Wichita KS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

21045.



...Grams

