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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 453

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS

  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...MULTICELL CLUSTERS NOW FORMING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL LIKELY MERGE INTO A LARGER LINE OF

STORMS AND SPREAD EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON.  ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS

AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SALINA KANSAS.

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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AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





...THOMPSON

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