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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 228

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

835 PM CDT Mon May 25 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far Southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Monday night from 835 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A low-topped supercell or two and a more prevalent band of

storms will move northward across the region this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of

Joplin MO to 25 miles east northeast of Monett MO. 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 226...WW 227...



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

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

18025.



...Guyer

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