WW 382 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 280510Z – 281000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 382 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1210 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1210 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381. WATCH NUMBER 381 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1210 AM CDT. DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS THEY ENCOUNTER LINGERING INSTABILITY ACROSS SW AND CENTRAL MO. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 31025. ...THOMPSON
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