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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 558

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

405 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kansas

  Southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 405 AM until 1100 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...An area of strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to

move southeastward from southeastern Nebraska into eastern Kansas

for several more hours. The storms will move along a northwest to

southeast gradient of instability. Relatively fast storm movement

along with moderate deep-layer shear will be adequate for a

damaging-wind threat through mid to late morning.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles south southwest of

Concordia KS to 60 miles north of Topeka 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

32035.



...Broyles

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