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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 212

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST KANSAS

  NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1100

  PM UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER MUCH

OF WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...WHILE EXISTING LONG-LIVED

SUPERCELL NOW SOUTH OF TOPEKA CONTINUES ESE AND GRADUALLY WEAKENS.

DESPITE NOCTURNAL COOLING...STRENGTH OF BUOYANCY AND MOISTURE INFLOW

SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED STORMS / POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS WITH

LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO.

WITHIN THIS NEW SEVERE WEATHER WATCH...PART OF EXISTING TORNADO

WATCH 210 IN EAST-CENTRAL KS HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME 2 HOURS TO

COVER LINGERING TORNADO THREAT WITH THE LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF

FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE 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 211...



AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...CORFIDI

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