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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 114
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM MDT Tue Apr 27 2021
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northwest Kansas
Southwest Nebraska
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 535 PM until
1100 PM MDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Ongoing severe thunderstorms are likely to continue
develop east-northeastward into northwest Kansas and southwest
Nebraska this evening, with the strongest storms expected generally
be Interstates 70 (Kansas) and 80 (Nebraska). Severe hail and
severe-caliber winds will both be possible, and a brief tornado is
also possibly mainly early this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles north
northwest of Goodland KS to 20 miles east southeast of Mccook NE.
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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 112...WW 113...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
23025.
...Guyer
