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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 135

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

550 PM CDT Sun May 5 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central Kansas

  Northwest and north-central Oklahoma



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and Monday morning from 550 PM

  until 100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and 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...A supercell or two may form initially near the I-35/135

corridors, with an MCS expected to develop and move southeast from

southwest Kansas and the Panhandles.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 80 miles southwest of

Enid OK to 30 miles north northeast of Hutchinson KS. 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 131...WW 132...WW

133...WW 134...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Grams

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