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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 200

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

430 PM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Kansas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Several storms from northwest Kansas to southeast Colorado

will consolidate into a fast-moving line across a large portion of

western Kansas this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west northwest

of Garden City KS to 55 miles south of Russell 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 197...WW 198...WW 199...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

29045.



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