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WWUS20 KWNS 271952
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 148
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Kansas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop along a surface boundary across
western Kansas this afternoon.  The stronger cells will pose a risk
of large hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest
of Garden City KS to 55 miles northeast of Russell KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 145...WW 146...WW 147...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart