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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 148

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Western Kansas



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop along a surface boundary across

western Kansas this afternoon.  The stronger cells will pose a risk

of large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west northwest

of Garden City KS to 55 miles northeast of Russell KS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 145...WW 146...WW 147...



AVIATION...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

24035.



...Hart