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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 419
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Eastern Kansas

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue to
develop this afternoon into the evening.  The stronger thunderstorms
will mainly be capable of severe gusts (60-80 mph).  Isolated large
hail may also accompany the more intense thunderstorm cores as this
activity moves east into a more unstable airmass over eastern parts
of Kansas towards the early evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Manhattan KS to 40 miles south of Wichita KS. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 417...WW 418...

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 450. Mean storm motion vector
21030.

...Smith