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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 154

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

630 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northeast Kansas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 630 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms are expected to develop this evening

along a warm front over northeast Kansas and track across the watch

area.  Very large hail and isolated tornadoes are the possible early

this evening, with an increasing risk of damaging winds with the

storms after dark.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

north and south of a line from 15 miles southwest of Concordia KS to

30 miles east of Topeka KS. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 153...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



...Hart

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