WW 609 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 072310Z – 080600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 609
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
610 PM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Kansas
Small part of southern Nebraska
* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 610 PM
until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms may organize further and move
southeastward across the watch area through the remainder of this
evening, offering severe gusts and large to very large hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles either side of a line from 10 miles south of Dodge
City KS to 50 miles northeast of Hill City KS. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 601...WW 602...WW
603...WW 605...WW 606...WW 607...WW 608...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30030.
...Edwards
