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WWUS20 KWNS 012011

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SPC WW 012011

KSZ000-020300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 202

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 130

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE

KANSAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 201...



DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NW AND FAR WRN

PARTS OF KS NEAR THE CO BORDER...WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS IN

EXTREME ERN CO THAT WILL SOON CROSS THE CO-KS BORDER.  18Z SPECIAL

DDC SOUNDING EXHIBITED VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT AND  STEEP LAPSE

RATES WITH SBCAPE EXCEEDING 2500 J/KG...WHICH WILL PROMOTE

ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT.  STORMS ARE LIKELY TO GROW UPSCALE

INTO ONE OR MORE LINEAR MCS/S WITH TIME AS ACTIVITY MOVES/DEVELOPS

EWD AND SEWD.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND INCREASING THREAT FOR DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.



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

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...WEISS

