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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY

KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 293...WW 294...WW 295...



DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS W/SW KS IN

THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS AS FORCING FOR ASCENT SPREADS EWD FROM CO AND

ENCOUNTERS INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG AND E OF A RETREATING

DRYLINE.  MODERATE INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR NEAR 40

KT...AS WELL AS A STRENGTHENING LLJ...WILL SUPPORT A RISK FOR

SUPERCELLS AND LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...THOMPSON

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