WWUS20 KWNS 030634 SEL1 SPC WW 030634 KSZ000-MOZ000-031400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 130 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF FAR EASTERN KANSAS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 130 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 460... DISCUSSION...ERN KS MCS...FED LARGELY BY WAA AND PERSISTENT 30 KT INFLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E INTO FAR WRN MO BEFORE TURNING SLIGHTLY S OF E LATER THIS MORNING. PRECIP LOADING AND DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER MAY YIELD A FEW DMGG WIND GUSTS. AHEAD OF THE MCS...STRENGTHENED MOIST SWLY LOW-LVL FLOW HAS HELPED INITIATE SCTD ...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS ALONG DIFFUSE FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING ROUGHLY WNW-ESE ACROSS W CNTRL THROUGH S CNTRL MO. GIVEN DEGREE OF ELEVATED BUOYANCY LIKELY PRESENT PER 00Z SGF RAOB...AND CURRENT SGF VWP DATA...THESE STORMS MAY PERSIST WITH A THREAT FOR ISOLD SVR HAIL/DMGG WIND. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025. ...CORFIDI