WW 594 SEVERE TSTM KS 060205Z – 060800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 594 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 905 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Eastern Kansas * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 905 PM until 300 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely SUMMARY...Cluster of thunderstorms ongoing across north-central Kansas is expected to continue eastward/southeastward this evening, with an attendant threat for damaging wind gusts. Isolated hail is possible as well. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of Salina KS to 10 miles south of Emporia KS. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 588...WW 589...WW 591...WW 592...WW 593... 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Mosier
