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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 224

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST-CENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

STRENGTH OVER SEVERAL AREA OF THE WATCH THROUGH MID-EVENING. SOME

STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL /ESPECIALLY IN KS AND WRN-NRN

OK/...AND DAMAGING WIND /ESPECIALLY IN WRN-NRN OK AND CNTRL KS/.

DEPENDING ON STORM INTERACTIONS...A COUPLE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A

TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

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

NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

CLINTON OKLAHOMA.  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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 223...



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

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 23025.





...CORFIDI

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