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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 564
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Kansas
West central and northwest Missouri
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM
until 700 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...A narrow squall line will continue to spread eastward
through the afternoon and early evening, with the potential for
occasional damaging gusts of 60-70 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles southwest of
Manhattan KS to 55 miles east northeast of Saint Joseph MO. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 563...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
24050.
...Thompson
