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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 204
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 204
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1030 AM CDT Tue May 9 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Eastern Kansas
     Far Southeast Nebraska

   * Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1030 AM until
     600 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 80 mph possible
     Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
       to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...An increasingly organized cluster of storms across
   north-central Kansas and far south-central Nebraska as of 1030am CDT
   will continue to spread east-southeastward through late morning into
   afternoon, with some additional expansion of new storms on its
   southern flank across central Kansas. Damaging winds will be an
   increasingly prevalent concern with these storms, aside from large
   hail and some/brief tornado risk with embedded circulations.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
   Salina KS to 35 miles south southeast of Topeka KS. 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...CONTINUE...WW 203...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
   31025.

   ...Guyer
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