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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 216
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
650 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Kansas
  Western Missouri

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 650 AM until
  100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of elevated thunderstorms will likely continue to
grow in size while intensifying through the morning.  Large hail
will be possible with the strongest storms, and the threat for wind
damage will increase through the morning from Topeka into the Kansas
City area.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest
of Salina KS to 10 miles north northeast of Knob Noster MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

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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 500. Mean storm motion vector
30045.

...Thompson