THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE 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 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY KANSAS. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 316...WW 317...WW 318... DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KS WILL LIKELY SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. ONE OR MORE BOW ECHOES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29040. ...HART
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:40:26 +0000
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