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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 382

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1210 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1210 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT

LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI.  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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381. WATCH NUMBER 381 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1210 AM CDT.



DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY

PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY ENCOUNTER LINGERING

INSTABILITY ACROSS SW AND CENTRAL MO.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS

WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.



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 31025.





...THOMPSON

