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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 384 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 500 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of South central Kansas Northern and central Oklahoma * Effective this Monday morning from 500 AM until NOON CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A well-developed MCS with embedded bowing segments will continue east-southeastward through the morning from southwest Kansas into south central Kansas and northern/central Oklahoma. Damaging winds of 65-80 mph will be the main threat, while the stronger embedded storms could produce isolated large hail of 1-1.5 inches in diameter. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south of Medicine Lodge KS to 30 miles southeast of Ponca City OK. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 383... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 31035. ...Thompson