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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 161

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

635 AM CDT Mon May 4 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern, central and eastern Kansas

  Western and southern Missouri



* Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 635 AM until

  300 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 3 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible



SUMMARY...Strong thunderstorms are developing in parts of central

Kansas, and should increase greatly in both coverage and intensity

across the rest of the Kansas part of the watch in the next few

hours, before shifting eastward into Missouri.  Large hail is the

main threat, though severe gusts are an increasing concern with time

through the morning.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 145

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of

Concordia KS to 25 miles south of Springfield MO. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

29035.



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