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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 479

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

940 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORM CLUSTERS WILL MERGE NEAR THE KS/NEB BORDER AND

CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE THREAT FOR

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE GREATER IN THE WRN PART OF THE

WATCH FROM 03-04Z...BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN FARTHER E AND

NEAR/AFTER MIDNIGHT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

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

KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY 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 478...



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 27025.





...THOMPSON

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