Month: October 2024

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 692

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WW 692 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 212010Z – 220400Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 692
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
310 PM CDT Mon Oct 21 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of West-Central and Northern Kansas Southern Nebraska * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 310 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Strong to severe storms are expected to redevelop across
the region through late afternoon, initially across
northwest/west-central Kansas. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Mccook NE to 30 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
22025. ...Guyer

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