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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 122...WW 123...



DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/SPREAD NNEWD

FROM NRN OK INTO KS...WITH WIND PROFILES TENDING TO FAVOR LEFT SPLIT

SUPERCELLS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS

WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 20040.





...THOMPSON

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