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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 694
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WW0694 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 694
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS
          WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL 700
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF OLATHE KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER MISSOURI. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 693...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE BOW ECHO SYSTEM MOVING EWD ACROSS ERN KS IS
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEST CENTRAL MO...ALTHOUGH SOME ADJUSTMENT
   IN THE CHARACTER OF THE CONVECTIVE MESOSYSTEM MAY OCCUR AS IT
   INTERACTS WITH STORMS IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM IT.  THE
   ENVIRONMENT GRADUALLY BECOMES LESS UNSTABLE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MO
   OWING TO PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HOWEVER STRONG FORWARD
   MOMENTUM OF THE BOW ECHO SYSTEM COUPLED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
   STRONG UPDRAFTS INDICATES THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE POTENTIAL FOR
   SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
   
   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 28035.
   
   
   ...WEISS
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