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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 292

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AIDED BY A REMNANT MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION (MCV)...A

CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME GRADUATION EASTWARD-ACCELERATION

POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITHIN A WEAKLY

SHEARED BUT STRONGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. SOME HAIL MAY OCCUR AS

WELL...AND A BRIEF LANDSPOUT-RELATED TORNADO RISK CANNOT BE RULED

OUT NEAR A SURFACE BOUNDARY.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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 289...WW 290...WW 291...



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 27020.





...GUYER

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