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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 229

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR EASTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 805 AM UNTIL

  200 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 227...WW 228...



DISCUSSION...THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF AN ONGOING MCS ARE EXPECTED TO

IMPACT PORTIONS OF FAR EASTERN KS AND WESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL MO.

WHILE THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS CURRENTLY RELATIVELY

STABLE...STORM-SCALE EVOLUTIONS INCLUDING FURTHER COMMA HEAD

DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MCS AND/OR AN UPSTREAM WAKE LOW

MAY POSE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT TODAY.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28045.





...GUYER

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