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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 440

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 850 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of storms across north-central Kansas at

mid-evening should continue to develop generally southward and

continue to pose a large hail/isolated damaging wind gust threat

through late evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles south

southwest of Russell KS to 20 miles east northeast of Salina 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 438...WW 439...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

36020.



...Guyer

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