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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 460
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 460
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   720 PM CDT FRI AUG 2 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
     SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
     NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

   * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM
     UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 20 MILES EAST OF JOPLIN
   MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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.

   &&

   DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED STORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING WITHIN A
   DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST/SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...WITH
   THESE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY INTO
   ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING...WHILE MAINLY
   ELEVATED STORMS OTHERWISE EXPAND/MOVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
   EASTERN KS/WESTERN MO/NORTHEAST OK. INITIAL RISK OF SEVERE HAIL WILL
   EXIST THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POTENTIALLY BECOMING MORE
   OF A CONCERN BY LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS POTENTIAL MCS
   DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN INTO THE
   OVERNIGHT.

   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27030.


   ...GUYER
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