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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 166

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN IOWA

  CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEASTERN KANSAS

  NORTHWESTERN AND EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 310 AM UNTIL 1000 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



SUMMARY...INCREASINGLY WELL-ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS OVER

NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD SHIFT EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...SPREADING A

THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE

WATCH AREA.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ALSO IS POSSIBLE FROM OTHER STORMS

AROUND THE RIM OF THE WATCH THROUGH MID-MORNING.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE

DISCUSSION 598 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES EAST OF SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 165...



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 25030.





...EDWARDS

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