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WWUS20 KWNS 122218

SEL6

SPC WW 122218

KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-130400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE EASTERN PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 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 65

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

SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON

KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER THE EASTERN TX

PANHANDLE...AND WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN OK AND SOUTH

CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING.  SUPERCELL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A RISK

OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  STORMS MAY CONGEAL INTO MORE

LINEAR STRUCTURES BY MID/LATE EVENING.



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 25030.





...HART



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WWUS20 KWNS 122218

SEL6

SPC WW 122218

KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-130400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 56

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE EASTERN PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 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 65

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

SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON

KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER THE EASTERN TX

PANHANDLE...AND WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN OK AND SOUTH

CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING.  SUPERCELL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH A RISK

OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  STORMS MAY CONGEAL INTO MORE

LINEAR STRUCTURES BY MID/LATE EVENING.



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 25030.





...HART

