SEVERE STORM WATCH til 1AM CDT for KS 2 Hail & 70mph Winds radars at livewxradar URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 47 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 730 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN KANSAS * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 46... DISCUSSION...ELEVATED STORMS WILL INCREASE IN A ZONE OF STRENGTHENING WARM ADVECTION TO THE N OF THE SURFACE FRONT...WHILE OTHER LEFT SPLIT SUPERCELLS WILL PERSIST A COUNTY OR TWO N OF THE BOUNDARY. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE STORM RISK. 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 25025. ...THOMPSON
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