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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 80

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1125 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1125

  PM until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving bow echo over northeast Oklahoma will track

across the watch area overnight, posing a risk of locally damaging

wind gusts and hail.  A few brief tornadoes are also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest

of Joplin MO to 80 miles northeast of Springfield MO. 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 76...WW 77...WW 78...WW

79...



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

24040.



...Hart

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