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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 141

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

640 PM CDT Mon May 6 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  southwest Kansas



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 640 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Severe storms are expected to develop through southwest

Kansas this evening. Both lines with bowing segments capable of

damaging wind and supercells capable of very large hail and a couple

of tornadoes are possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles north northwest of Elkhart

KS to 40 miles north northeast of Medicine Lodge KS. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 138...WW 139...WW 140...



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

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



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