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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 679
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 530 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to continue to
intensify through the evening across southeast Kansas and northern
Oklahoma, spreading into parts of western Missouri through the
evening.  Damaging winds and some hail are the main concerns.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles south of
Bartlesville OK to 100 miles north northeast of Joplin MO. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 677...WW 678...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28025.

...Hart