SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 443

WW 443 SEVERE TSTM KS OK 101905Z - 110200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 443
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Portions of south-central Kansas
  Parts of western and central Oklahoma

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms ongoing across parts of northwest Oklahoma
and adjacent southern Kansas are forecast to increase in coverage
and spread east-southeast across the watch area over the next
several hours, with attendant risks for locally damaging winds and
hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles either side of a line from 10 miles north northwest of
Gage OK to 30 miles east of Chandler OK. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).

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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29035.

...Goss

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