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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 245

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

620 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Kansas

  Central Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday night from 620 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Expansive arcing line of thunderstorms across southwest

Kansas to western Oklahoma should spread east into central portions

of Kansas and Oklahoma. Damaging winds should be the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles southeast of

Chickasha OK to 5 miles north of Salina 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 238...WW 239...WW

240...WW 241...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Grams

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