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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 472

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest Kansas

  Western Oklahoma

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of severe storms will likely develop across

southwest Kansas and spread south into the Texas Panhandle and far

western Oklahoma through this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest

of Dodge City KS to 45 miles southeast of Amarillo TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 471...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

36025.



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