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WWUS20 KWNS 291916
SEL8
SPC WW 291916
KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 478
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Kansas
  Southwest Missouri
  Northeast Oklahoma

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms has developed across east-central
Kansas and western Missouri.  These storms will track southeastward
into a very warm/humid, and unstable air mass through the afternoon.
 Locally damaging wind gusts will be possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west southwest
of Chanute KS to 15 miles northeast of Springfield MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 477...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

...Hart