WW 64 SEVERE TSTM KS 011840Z – 020200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 64
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Kansas
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorm development is expected this
afternoon across southeast and eastern Kansas, with the potential
for supercells with isolated very large hail (up to 2.5 inches in
diameter) and damaging gusts of 60-70 mph. The tornado threat will
remain somewhat limited, though an isolated tornado cannot be ruled
out, especially later this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south southwest
of Chanute KS to 20 miles northwest of Topeka KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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
24035.
...Thompson
