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WWUS20 KWNS 091233

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KSZ000-OKZ000-091900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 148

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 735 AM UNTIL

  200 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...OCCASIONAL SEVERE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE

FROM TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WATCH 147 INTO AND ACROSS THIS WATCH AREA

THROUGH MIDDAY.  AFTERNOON SUPERCELL AND TORNADO THREAT WILL DEVELOP

FROM A SEPARATE AND LATER-DEVELOPING PROCESS...AS DISCUSSED IN SPC

DAY-1 OUTLOOK...AND WOULD BE HANDLED BY LATER DISCUSSIONS AND

PERHAPS WATCHES.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 147...



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...EDWARDS

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836 

WWUS20 KWNS 091233

SEL8

SPC WW 091233

KSZ000-OKZ000-091900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 148

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 735 AM UNTIL

  200 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...OCCASIONAL SEVERE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE

FROM TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WATCH 147 INTO AND ACROSS THIS WATCH AREA

THROUGH MIDDAY.  AFTERNOON SUPERCELL AND TORNADO THREAT WILL DEVELOP

FROM A SEPARATE AND LATER-DEVELOPING PROCESS...AS DISCUSSED IN SPC

DAY-1 OUTLOOK...AND WOULD BE HANDLED BY LATER DISCUSSIONS AND

PERHAPS WATCHES.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 147...



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...EDWARDS

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