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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 311

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

520 PM CDT Thu Jul 26 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Kansas

  Southwest Nebraska



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Widely scattered severe storms including a few supercells

will continue to spread south-southeastward across the region

through evening. Bouts of large hail will be possible along with

locally damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of

Goodland KS to 25 miles north northeast of Hill City 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 310...



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

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

34025.



...Guyer

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