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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 124
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 124
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1140 PM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Kansas
     Western and Northwest Missouri

   * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1140
     PM until 600 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Storms will continue to increase and intensify across
   northeast Kansas into western/northwest Missouri overnight,
   including the I-70 corridor and potentially the Kansas City Metro
   area. Large hail can be expected with the most intense storms, and
   locally strong wind gusts could also occur.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of
   Manhattan KS to 20 miles east northeast of Kansas City 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27025.

   ...Guyer
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