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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 472

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

  NORTHEASTERN AND EXTREME NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 420 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A CLUSTER OF INITIALLY STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS IS GROWING IN SIZE AND BECOMING BETTER-ORGANIZED OVER

CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH A REAR-INFLOW JET BECOMING EVIDENT.  THESE

STORMS MAY EXPAND AND INTENSIFY FURTHER AS THEY ROLL SOUTHEASTWARD

TOWARD THE OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI STATE LINES...OFFERING

MAINLY DAMAGING WIND.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ALSO IS POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF

HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 35 MILES WEST OF GROVE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31035.





...EDWARDS

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