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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 585

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

610 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  North-central and Eastern Kansas



* Effective this Thursday night from 610 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this evening,

particularly near a stalled boundary that is oriented roughly west

to east across north-central/northeast Kansas. Large hail and

locally damaging winds may be the most common risks, but adequate

moisture and seasonally strong low-level shear supports the

possibility of tornadoes, especially across northeast/east-central

Kansas.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest of Concordia

KS to 20 miles southeast of Topeka KS. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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 583...WW 584...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 600. Mean

storm motion vector 30025.



...Guyer

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