SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 471

WW 471 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 060455Z – 060900Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 471
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM
  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
CHANUTE KANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONETT 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...CONTINUE...WW 469...WW 470...

DISCUSSION...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS
WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS SE KS INTO SW MO FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...WITH A CONTINUING RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS PRIOR TO THE
STORMS WEAKENING.

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 29035.


...THOMPSON

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