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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 61

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM CDT Wed May 2 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  A large part of Kansas



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and scattered very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely



SUMMARY...Numerous to widespread severe storms will develop from

southwest into central and northeast Kansas this afternoon. Damaging

winds, very large hail, and tornadoes are expected.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge KS

to 50 miles west northwest of Saint Joseph MO. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24045.



...Grams

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