SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 469

WW 469 SEVERE TSTM KS OK 052335Z – 060600Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 469
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF
DODGE CITY KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 468. WATCH NUMBER 468 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 635 PM CDT.

DISCUSSION...A STORM CLUSTER NW OF DODGE CITY AND OTHER STORMS
DEVELOPING ALONG A BOUNDARY NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER WILL LIKELY MERGE
AND SPREAD EWD/ESEWD THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS SRN KS...AND
POSSIBLY FAR NRN OK.  GIVEN STRONG INSTABILITY AND ENOUGH VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR TO MAINTAIN ORGANIZED CLUSTERS...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS AND AT LEAST ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.

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 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28020.


...THOMPSON

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