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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 192

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

335 PM CDT Tue Jun 19 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and North Central Kansas

  Southern Nebraska



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread large hail likely with isolated very large hail

    events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms developing over western Kansas and southern

Nebraska are likely to intensify and be capable of producing large

hail and damaging wind gusts into the evening hours.  Other severe

storms over northeast Colorado will progress eastward toward

northwest Kansas this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles west southwest of

Liberal KS to 80 miles east northeast of Mccook NE. 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 191...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



...Weiss

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