SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 544
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 complex 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 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 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 26035. ...Edwards