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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 471

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF

CHANUTE KANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONETT 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...CONTINUE...WW 469...WW 470...



DISCUSSION...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS

WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS SE KS INTO SW MO FOR THE NEXT FEW

HOURS...WITH A CONTINUING RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS PRIOR TO THE

STORMS WEAKENING.



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 29035.





...THOMPSON

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