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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 108

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM CDT Sat May 19 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South Central and Southeast Kansas

  Northern and Western Oklahoma

  Northwest Texas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to continue developing from parts of

northwest Texas across  Oklahoma into southeast Kansas through the

evening hours, with stronger storms capable of producing severe wind

gusts and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of

Chanute KS to 55 miles south southeast of Childress TX. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 107...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Weiss

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