WW 432 SEVERE TSTM KS OK 222320Z – 230500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 432 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 620 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 620 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA. 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...CONTINUE...WW 429...WW 430...WW 431... DISCUSSION...A LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF ICT WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN OK DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORMING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KS THAT WILL ALSO SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. 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 33020. ...HART
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