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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 154

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KANSAS

  NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OK AND

CENTRAL KS...TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN

ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA

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.



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

TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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