SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 319

WW 319 SEVERE TSTM KS OK TX 170140Z – 170700Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
840 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM
  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT
    GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY
KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 316...WW 317...WW 318...

DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KS
WILL LIKELY SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF WATCH AREA THIS
EVENING.  ONE OR MORE BOW ECHOES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29040.


...HART

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