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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 288

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Kansas

  Southwest Nebraska



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 545 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms will continue to merge and organize into an intense

and well-organized line of storms as they move out of eastern

Colorado and the southern Nebraska Panhandle into western Kansas and

southwest Nebraska. Damaging winds can be expected this evening,

with significant wind gusts potentially in excess of 75 mph.

Isolated large hail is possible as well, and a brief tornado could

also occur, particularly with any line-embedded circulations.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of

Goodland KS to 45 miles northeast of Hill City 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 285...WW 287...WW 286...



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

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

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

28030.



...Guyer

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