SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 384

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WW 384 SEVERE TSTM KS OK 031000Z - 031700Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 384
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  South central Kansas
  Northern and central Oklahoma

* Effective this Monday morning from 500 AM until NOON CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A well-developed MCS with embedded bowing segments will
continue east-southeastward through the morning from southwest
Kansas into south central Kansas and northern/central Oklahoma. 
Damaging winds of 65-80 mph will be the main threat, while the
stronger embedded storms could produce isolated large hail of 1-1.5
inches in diameter.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south of
Medicine Lodge KS to 30 miles southeast of Ponca City OK. 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 383...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Thompson

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