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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 409

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE

LODGE KANSAS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 408...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING IN ZONE OF ELEVATED

WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT NE OF STALLED FRONT FOR THE NEXT FEW

HRS...WHERE ASCENT WILL BE ENHANCED BY TEMPORALLY-VEERING FLOW ON SW

END OF UPR IMPULSE NOW OVER N CNTRL KS. IT APPEARS THAT SUFFICIENT

ELEVATED CAPE WILL BE PRESENT FOR SVR HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY DMGG

WIND...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT AMPLE CLOUD-LAYER SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR

PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS AND POSSIBLY A SUPERCELL OR TWO.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32020.





...CORFIDI

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