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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS

  WESTERN MISSOURI

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO FORM / INCREASE OVER SEVERAL

PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE ACTIVITY

WILL INCLUDE SUPERCELLS AND OTHER SUSTAINED STORMS THAT POSE A RISK

FOR LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO AS

THEY MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY EASTWARD.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST

OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALVA OKLAHOMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 493...WW 494...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...CORFIDI

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