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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 58

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

  EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY THIS

AFTERNOON NEAR THE I-35 CORRIDOR...WHERE THE STORM ENVIRONMENT IS

FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN RISK THROUGH

THE MAJORITY OF THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE

RULED OUT THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA

KANSAS.  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.



&&



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...THOMPSON

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