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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 567
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Kansas
  Southwest Nebraska

* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 730 PM
  until 200 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to spread eastward into parts
of western Kansas and southwest Nebraska this evening. The more
intense cores should pose some threat for large hail up to 1.5-2.5
inches in diameter and scattered severe/damaging winds around 60-75
mph. A tornado or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles east northeast
of Imperial NE to Liberal KS. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 566...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Gleason