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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 334

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EAST AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  FAR WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  FAR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A LINE OF STORMS WILL ADVANCE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST

FROM CENTRAL INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...PORTIONS OF WEST AND

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING

THE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE

PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARDS...THOUGH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 25 MILES NORTH 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 330...WW 331...WW

332...WW 333...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...PETERS

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