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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 193

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 620 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  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...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO

THIS AREA FROM THE SOUTH...AND TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE

RETREATING DRYLINE...THROUGH THE EVENING.  A FEW-HOUR WINDOW EXISTS

FOR SEVERE HAIL AND WINDS FROM THE MOST-INTENSE CELLS...AS THE MAIN

THREATS...THOUGH A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE

DISCUSSION 679 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL REASONING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MCCOOK NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 190...WW 191...WW 192...



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 24020.





...EDWARDS

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