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WWUS20 KWNS 180002
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 676
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
705 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Kansas

* Effective this Tuesday evening from 705 PM until 1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible

SUMMARY...A line of high-based thunderstorms will spread into
southwest Kansas through the evening, posing a risk of locally
damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northwest
of Garden City KS to 20 miles west southwest of Liberal KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 674...WW 675...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart