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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 73

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

905 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Kansas



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 905 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Earlier supercells in central Kansas have evolved into

more of a linear configuration, which suggests more of a damaging

wind threat into the overnight hours as the storms spread eastward.

The stronger storms will also continue to pose a threat for

occasional large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of

Manhattan KS to 35 miles west southwest of Emporia 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 72...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



...Thompson

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