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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 47

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

730 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF

TOPEKA KANSAS TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 46...



DISCUSSION...ELEVATED STORMS WILL INCREASE IN A ZONE OF

STRENGTHENING WARM ADVECTION TO THE N OF THE SURFACE FRONT...WHILE

OTHER LEFT SPLIT SUPERCELLS WILL PERSIST A COUNTY OR TWO N OF THE

BOUNDARY.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE STORM RISK.



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 25025.





...THOMPSON

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