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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 115

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

430 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Kansas



* Effective this Tuesday morning from 430 AM until 900 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Supercells capable of producing all severe hazards will

move eastward this morning.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast of Manhattan

KS to 45 miles south of Emporia KS. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 114...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 22035.



...Gleason