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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 383
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
120 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Kansas

* Effective this Monday morning from 120 AM until 700 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms are expected to develop
east-southeastward across southwest Kansas through the early morning
hours, with the primary threat of occasional large hail up to 1.5
inches in diameter.  Isolated severe gusts up to 60 mph may also
occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west southwest
of Garden City KS to 35 miles north of Medicine Lodge KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30020.

...Thompson