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SEL6
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 126
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
540 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Parts of western into central Kansas
Southern Nebraska
* Effective this Sunday afternoon from 540 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of severe storms are expected to develop this
evening along a cold front, and as outflow surges eastward from
Colorado. The predominant storm mode will be multicell clusters
with the potential for a swath of damaging outflow winds across
Kansas, with isolated significant gusts possible through late
evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of
Goodland KS to 50 miles east northeast of Russell KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 124...WW 125...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Thompson
