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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 173

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

610 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Northeast Kansas

  Northwest Missouri



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 610 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms are expected to build southward out

of Nebraska and into the watch area this evening.  Large hail and

damaging winds are the primary threats, although an isolated tornado

or two is possible early this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles east of Saint

Joseph MO to 45 miles west of Salina KS. 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 172...



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

31020.



...Hart

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