SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 381

WW 381 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 280250Z – 280800Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
950 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  EASTERN KANSAS
  EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM
  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EMPORIA KANSAS TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 378. WATCH NUMBER 378 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 950 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 379...WW 380...

DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS
ERN KS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...IN THE AREA OF REMAINING INSTABILITY
THAT HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED BY EARLIER STORMS.  A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS
AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 33025.


...THOMPSON

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