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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 618

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1155 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Southern Kansas



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 1155 PM

  until 700 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will continue to organize/intensify

and otherwise accelerate southeastward across central Kansas early

in the overnight. As this occurs, damaging winds will continue to

become an increasing concern from central into southern Kansas.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles northwest of

Medicine Lodge KS to 65 miles east 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 616...WW 617...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

31040.



...Guyer

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