WW 593 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 052245Z – 060600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 593
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Kansas
Far Southwest Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from 545
PM until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage and intensity is expected to
increase across western Kansas and far southwest Nebraska this
afternoon and evening. Strong deep-layer vertical shear and robust
buoyancy will support intense updrafts capable of large to very
large hail. Some potential exists for the development of one or more
bowing segments. These bowing segment could produce wind gusts from
65 to 75 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Mccook NE to 50 miles south southwest of Dodge City KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 588...WW 589...WW
590...WW 591...WW 592...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28035.
...Mosier
