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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 89

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and Eastern Kansas

  Southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to further develop and

intensify across north-central/east-central Kansas through

mid-afternoon, and move into other parts of eastern/southeast Kansas

and southeast Nebraska by late afternoon and early evening.

Severe-caliber wind gusts should be the most common risk, but some

hail is possible and a brief tornado could also occur, even with

modest moisture.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east northeast

of Grand Island NE to 55 miles southeast of Wichita KS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 88...



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

22040.



...Guyer