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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 224
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST-CENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS
TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
STRENGTH OVER SEVERAL AREA OF THE WATCH THROUGH MID-EVENING. SOME
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL /ESPECIALLY IN KS AND WRN-NRN
OK/...AND DAMAGING WIND /ESPECIALLY IN WRN-NRN OK AND CNTRL KS/.
DEPENDING ON STORM INTERACTIONS...A COUPLE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A
TORNADO OR TWO.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
CLINTON OKLAHOMA. 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.