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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 60

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1150 PM CDT Mon Mar 23 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Kansas

  Northern Oklahoma



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 1150 PM

  until 800 AM 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 are forecast to develop/strengthen across

parts of northwestern OK and southwestern KS the next few hours.

Large hail will be the main threat early, and damaging wind may

occur sporadically as the storms cluster and accelerate eastward

near the KS/OK border.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles south of Dodge

City KS to 55 miles east of Bartlesville OK. 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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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 400. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Edwards

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