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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 156

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

950 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kansas

  Western and Central Missouri



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 950 PM

  until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms continue to organize and strengthen across

eastern Kansas.  These storms are expected to track across the watch

area through the early morning hours, posing a risk of damaging

winds and hail.  An isolated tornado or two is also possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of Olathe

KS to 20 miles south of Columbia MO. 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 154...WW 155...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Hart

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