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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 209

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

655 PM CDT Tue May 21 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Kansas

  Northwest Missouri

  Southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Tuesday evening from 655 PM until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Near a warm front, an arcing band of storms including a

few supercells will continue to spread generally northeastward

across the region this evening. Severe hail/wind can be expected

through at least mid-evening, and a brief tornado cannot be ruled

out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west of Falls

City NE to 35 miles east southeast of Falls City NE. 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 207...WW 208...



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 400. Mean storm motion vector

22035.



...Guyer

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