SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 357

WW 357 SEVERE TSTM KS 201855Z - 210200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 357
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 PM CDT Tue Jun 20 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Western and Central Kansas

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Scattered intense thunderstorms are expected to form
across the watch area this afternoon.  These storms will drift
slowly southeastward, posing a risk of large hail and damaging wind
gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles northwest of
Garden City KS to 35 miles east of Salina KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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
29025.

...Hart

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