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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 72

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  South central Nebraska



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm initiation appears imminent just to the east

of Dodge City, and near the surface low in south central Nebraska.

The storm environment favors a mix of multicell clusters to the

north with an accompanying large hail and damaging wind threat, and

supercells farther south toward central and south central Kansas.

In addition to the hail/wind threat, there will be some potential

for a tornado or two with the southernmost supercells in a cluster

across Kansas this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

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

Grand Island NE to 95 miles south of Russell KS. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Thompson

