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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

850 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM

  UNTIL 200 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...A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND

ADJACENT WESTERN MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  DAMAGING

WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY STRONGER

STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF OLATHE KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE

KANSAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 108...WW 109...WW

110...WW 111...



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...GOSS

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