SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 544
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 544
[html]WW 544 SEVERE TSTM KS 160900Z - 161400Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 544
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
400 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
North-central and northeastern Kansas
* Effective this Tuesday morning from 400 AM until 900 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A small but severe and growing co*plex of thunderstorms,
initially straddling the I-70 corridor near RSL, has produced
measured severe gusts at HYS and RSL, and may continue to offer
occasional severe wind as it moves generally eastward to
east-northeastward near an instability axis.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles either side of a line from 60 miles west northwest of
Salina KS to 35 miles east northeast of Manhattan KS. For a co*plete
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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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 550. Mean storm motion vector
26035.
...Edwards
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 544 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0544.html)