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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 250

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

830 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

WICHITA KANSAS.  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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 241...WW 242...WW

243...WW 244...WW 245...WW 247...WW 248...WW 249...



DISCUSSION...TWO MCSS WITH A HISTORY OF DMGG WIND...ONE NOW OVER NW

KS/S CNTRL NEB AND THE OTHER OVER SW KS...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

GENERALLY EWD THROUGH LATE TNGT. SUFFICIENT LOW-LVL BUOYANCY APPEARS

PRESENT TO SUPPORT A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DMGG WIND WITH BOTH

SYSTEMS. DEEP SHEAR CONSIDERATIONS AND LOW-LVL MOIST SE FLOW SUGGEST

THAT THE SVR THREAT WITH THE SRN SYSTEM MAY PERSIST SOMEWHAT LATER

INTO THE NIGHT/EARLY SAT EWD INTO SE KS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...CORFIDI

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