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WWUS20 KWNS 142143

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 500

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to intensify

near a pre-frontal boundary/outflow and also farther to the west

along a cold front. Bouts of severe hail and damaging winds will be

the primary concerns through the evening hours.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south of

Olathe KS to 70 miles west southwest of Emporia KS. 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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

25035.



...Guyer

