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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 201

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

625 PM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  Western Oklahoma



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 625 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Fast-moving squall line will push east-southeast from

western into central Kansas, with more discrete storms in the Texas

and Oklahoma Panhandles likely developing into the southern portion

of the line as it spreads into western Oklahoma.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles south southeast

of Clinton OK to 30 miles east northeast of Russell KS. 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 197...WW 198...WW

199...WW 200...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28045.



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