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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236

[html]WW 236 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 172310Z - 180500Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 236
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
610 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western and central Kansas
  Southern Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday night from 610 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will likely develop early this
evening and move from parts of western Kansas and southern Nebraska
eastward into central portions of Kansas.  Large hail and severe
gusts will be the primary hazard through mid evening, with severe
gusts beco*ing the main threat late this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of
Hastings NE to 20 miles east southeast of Garden City KS. For a
co*plete 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...c*NTINUE...WW 235...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26035.

...Smith


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0236.html)