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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 416
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
630 PM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and Central Kansas
  Central Nebraska

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 630 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Several clusters and linear bands of storms will move east
into the Watch area this evening.  As the storms encounter
increasing moisture with eastward extent into western Kansas,
further upscale growth into a larger squall line is forecast this
evening.  Severe gusts (60-80 mph) will be the primary hazard with
the stronger storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north of Broken
Bow NE to 20 miles east of Liberal KS. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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 413...WW 414...WW 415...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Smith