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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 492

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

840 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 840 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN

OKLAHOMA WILL PERSIST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH ISOLATED

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 20

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES NORTH OF

BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE

OKLAHOMA.  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 490...WW 491...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...THOMPSON

