WW 446 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 042040Z – 050500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 446
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Kansas
Far southwest Nebraska
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 340 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter
possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Multicell clusters will develop along a quasi-stationary
front, as well as spread east from eastern Colorado later this
evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south
southwest of Goodland KS to 25 miles east northeast of Hill City KS.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 444...WW 445...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Grams
