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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 64

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Kansas



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorm development is expected this

afternoon across southeast and eastern Kansas, with the potential

for supercells with isolated very large hail (up to 2.5 inches in

diameter) and damaging gusts of 60-70 mph.  The tornado threat will

remain somewhat limited, though an isolated tornado cannot be ruled

out, especially later this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south southwest

of Chanute KS to 20 miles northwest 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.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Thompson