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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 161
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 161
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   635 AM CDT Mon May 4 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern, central and eastern Kansas
     Western and southern Missouri

   * Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 635 AM until
     300 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
       to 3 inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
       mph possible

   SUMMARY...Strong thunderstorms are developing in parts of central
   Kansas, and should increase greatly in both coverage and intensity
   across the rest of the Kansas part of the watch in the next few
   hours, before shifting eastward into Missouri.  Large hail is the
   main threat, though severe gusts are an increasing concern with time
   through the morning.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 145
   statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
   Concordia KS to 25 miles south of Springfield MO. 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
   29035.

   ...Edwards
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