WW 150 SEVERE TSTM IA KS NE 200450Z – 201200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 150 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1150 PM CDT Wed Apr 19 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwest Iowa Central and Eastern Kansas South-Central and Southeast Nebraska * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1150 PM until 700 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Storms will continue to increase overnight across south-central/southeast Kansas, while additional storms are expected to develop, organize, and spread east-northeastward across northern Kansas and southern Nebraska near and north of a southeastward-moving front. Large hail and locally damaging winds are the primary hazards. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 125 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles north of Russell KS to 60 miles east northeast of Manhattan KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 148...WW 149... 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 23030. ...Guyer
