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WWUS20 KWNS 091708

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SPC WW 091708

KSZ000-MOZ000-100100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 70

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1110 AM CST Thu Mar 9 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1110 AM until

  700 PM CST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms should gradually shift eastward

from southeast Kansas into southwest Missouri through mid-afternoon.

Additional storms will likely form by late afternoon to its

south/southwest.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 95 miles north northwest

of Springfield MO to 25 miles south southeast of Monett MO. 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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

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

26025.



...Grams

