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SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Kansas
Southwest Missouri
* Effective this Thursday morning from 205 AM until 800 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...An organized line of storms will continue to move
southeastward across southwest Missouri and far southeast Kansas
during the overnight, with wind damage as the primary hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
Chanute KS to 45 miles north northeast of Springfield MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 247...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
30045.
...Guyer
SEL8
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Kansas
Southwest Missouri
* Effective this Thursday morning from 205 AM until 800 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...An organized line of storms will continue to move
southeastward across southwest Missouri and far southeast Kansas
during the overnight, with wind damage as the primary hazard.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
Chanute KS to 45 miles north northeast of Springfield MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 247...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
30045.
...Guyer
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW8
WW 248 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 040705Z - 041300Z
AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
25W CNU/CHANUTE KS/ - 45NNE SGF/SPRINGFIELD MO/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM N/S /47NW OSW - 30NNE SGF/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30045.
LAT...LON 38399594 38549306 37099306 36959594
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU8.
Watch 248 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 248
VALID 040930Z - 041040Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 ENE BVO
TO CNU TO 40 NNE JLN TO 40 ESE SZL.
..GLEASON..06/04/20
ATTN...WFO...ICT...SGF...EAX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 248
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KSC021-037-099-133-041040-
KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CHEROKEE CRAWFORD LABETTE
NEOSHO
$$
MOC011-039-057-077-085-097-109-167-185-041040-
MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARTON CEDAR DADE
GREENE HICKORY JASPER
LAWRENCE POLK ST. CLAIR
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 248
VALID 040840Z - 040940Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SE EMP TO
30 NNE CNU TO 55 S OJC TO 40 SW SZL TO 10 WSW SZL.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 808
..GLEASON..06/04/20
ATTN...WFO...ICT...SGF...EAX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 248
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KSC001-011-021-037-099-133-205-207-040940-
KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEN BOURBON CHEROKEE
CRAWFORD LABETTE NEOSHO
WILSON WOODSON
$$
MOC011-013-039-057-077-083-085-097-109-167-185-217-040940-
MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARTON BATES CEDAR
DADE GREENE HENRY
HICKORY JASPER LAWRENCE
POLK ST. CLAIR VERNON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 248
VALID 040730Z - 040840Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..GLEASON..06/04/20
ATTN...WFO...ICT...SGF...EAX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 248
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KSC001-011-021-037-099-107-121-133-205-207-040840-
KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEN BOURBON CHEROKEE
CRAWFORD LABETTE LINN
MIAMI NEOSHO WILSON
WOODSON
$$
MOC011-013-037-039-057-077-083-085-097-109-167-185-217-040840-
MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARTON BATES CASS
CEDAR DADE GREENE
HENRY HICKORY JASPER
LAWRENCE POLK ST. CLAIR
VERNON
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
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Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
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Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (40%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
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Low (10%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
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Low (<5%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
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Mod (50%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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