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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 357

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kansas

  Western Missouri



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms including initial

supercells will  continue to develop this afternoon and move

southeastward. Large hail will be primary risk, especially

initially, but the potential for damaging winds is likely to

increase as storms spread southeastward through late afternoon/early

evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of

Manhattan KS to 55 miles east southeast of Kansas City MO. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 356...



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

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

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

32025.



...Guyer

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