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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 141

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

210 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Kansas

  Eastern Oklahoma



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Isolated thunderstorms are beginning to form along a

dryline over southeast Kansas and central Oklahoma.  This activity

may remain widely scattered, but those storms that form will pose a

risk of very large hail and a few tornadoes.  Strong tornadoes are

possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast of Chanute KS

to 20 miles east of Durant OK. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 139...WW 140...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25035.



...Hart