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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 441

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

705 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Kansas

  Northern Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 705 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Cells and clusters of storms will spread east-southeast

this evening with a risk for severe wind and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles either side of a line from 60 miles east northeast of

Bartlesville OK to 40 miles south of Gage OK. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 440...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

29020.



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