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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Kansas

  Southwest Missouri



* Effective this Thursday morning from 205 AM until 800 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...An organized line of storms will continue to move

southeastward across southwest Missouri and far southeast Kansas

during the overnight, with wind damage as the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of

Chanute KS to 45 miles north northeast of Springfield 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 247...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

30045.



...Guyer

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