URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 583
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
550 PM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and Northeast Kansas

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from
  550 PM until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of organizing severe thunderstorms across
northern Kansas will gradually move into the Watch area this
evening.  Upscale growth into one or two linear clusters is
forecast.  Severe gusts (60-80 mph) and large to very large hail (1
to 2 inches in diameter) will be the primary hazards with the
stronger storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 85 miles west southwest
of Russell KS to 25 miles north northeast of Topeka KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 579...WW 580...WW
581...WW 582...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28015.

...Smith