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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South Central Kansas

  Central Oklahoma



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms over central Oklahoma will

continue to track northward this afternoon and early evening, posing

a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles southeast of

Chickasha OK to 40 miles northeast of Wichita KS. 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 245...WW 246...WW 247...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

23030.



...Hart

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