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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 346

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1145 PM CDT Sat Jun 8 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest to central Kansas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1145 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Organized thunderstorm cluster over west-central Kansas

should persist and track east-southeast into portions of southwest

and central Kansas through predawn. Severe wind gusts are the

primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west of Garden

City KS to 55 miles east southeast of Russell KS. 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 345...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



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