WW 424 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 302215Z – 010400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 424
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
515 PM CDT Fri Jun 30 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Kansas
Western Missouri
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 515 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop along a
boundary from eastern Kansas into western Missouri. High
instability and sufficiently strong winds aloft will pose a risk of
large hail and damaging wind gusts in the strongest cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of
Manhattan KS to 15 miles north of Columbia MO. 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 422...WW 423...
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
27025.
...Hart
