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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

EMPORIA KANSAS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 378. WATCH NUMBER 378 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 950 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 379...WW 380...



DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS

ERN KS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...IN THE AREA OF REMAINING INSTABILITY

THAT HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED BY EARLIER STORMS.  A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS

AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 33025.





...THOMPSON

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