WW 369 SEVERE TSTM KS NE WY 012155Z – 020500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 369
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Kansas
Western Nebraska
Southeast Wyoming
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 455 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Several clusters of thunderstorms will track eastward
across the watch area late this afternoon and evening. Damaging
winds are the primary threat with this activity, along with hail and
perhaps a tornado or two.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles northeast of
Sidney NE to 30 miles east of Liberal KS. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).
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 365…WW 366…WW
367…WW 368…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
…Hart
