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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN IOWA

  NORTHEASTERN KANSAS

  NORTHERN MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 135 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS

EXPECTED TO PUSH GENERALLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH

SOME SLIGHT SOUTHEASTWARD TURN OR EXPANSION POSSIBLE.  DAMAGING WIND

IS THE MAIN CONCERN.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1180 FOR INITIAL

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

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

SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES EAST OF CHILLICOTHE

MISSOURI.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 342...WW 343...WW 344...



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 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28040.





...EDWARDS

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