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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 441

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 255 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN KANSAS HAS

BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...PRODUCING A MEASURED-SEVERE GUST AT HILL

CITY WITH CONTINUING STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTS THERE IN ITS REAR-INFLOW

JET.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MERGE WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS TO ITS

EAST AND NORTHEAST...MOVE INTO A FAVORABLY MOIST AIR MASS...AND

MAINTAIN A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN

KANSAS...THROUGH DAYBREAK AND PERHAPS A LITTLE AFTERWARD.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CONCORDIA KANSAS.  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 440...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

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

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...EDWARDS

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