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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 326

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

920 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of central and northern Kansas



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 920 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An ongoing cluster of storms, with a history of damaging

winds, will likely persist for a few more hours while moving

east-southeastward.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of

Concordia KS to 35 miles south southwest of Salina KS. 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 323...WW 324...WW 325...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Thompson

