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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KANSAS

  EXTREME WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER CENTRAL KANSAS IS ORGANIZING A

COLD POOL THAT MAY AUGMENT AN ALREADY WATCH-WORTHY DAMAGING-WIND

THREAT THAT WOULD SPREAD ACROSS AREAS EAST OF TORNADO WATCH

207...POTENTIALLY INTO WESTERN MISSOURI.  OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL ALSO

IS POSSIBLE...WHETHER FROM THE MAIN COMPLEX OR STORMS FORMING TO ITS

NORTHEAST.  FOR ADDITIONAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS...SEE SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 719.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST

OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FALLS CITY

NEBRASKA.  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 204...WW 205...WW

206...WW 207...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...EDWARDS

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