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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 351

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South central Kansas



* Effective this Friday morning from 445 AM until 1000 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of elevated thunderstorms will continue to

develop across central and south central Kansas this morning.  The

stronger, more discrete storms could develop supercell structures

with an attendant threat for isolated large hail.  A few damaging

gusts will also be possible as a result of storm mergers and cold

pool formation.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of

Medicine Lodge KS to 35 miles east of Wichita 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

31025.



...Thompson

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