WWUS20 KWNS 020457 SEL4 SPC WW 020457 KSZ000-MOZ000-020900- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1200 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 400 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SUMMARY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD ACROSS EXTREME SE KS AND SW/S CENTRAL MO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 383. WATCH NUMBER 383 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT CDT. 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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 34025. ...THOMPSON