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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 220

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Thu May 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Southwest Kansas



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will affect parts of central and southwest

Kansas through the remainder of the afternoon and evening, with the

strongest cells capable of large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Garden

City KS to 45 miles east northeast 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 218...WW 219...



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

24035.



...Hart

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