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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 177

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

855 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western Kansas



* Effective this Friday night from 855 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Supercells will continue to pose a large hail and tornado

risk this evening mainly across southwest/west-central Kansas.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of Russell KS to 50

miles south of Dodge City KS. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 172...WW 173...WW

174...WW 175...WW 176...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 22025.



...Guyer

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