WW 486 SEVERE TSTM KS MO OK 292205Z – 300400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 486
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
505 PM CDT Sat Jun 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Kansas
Southwest into Central Missouri
Northeast Oklahoma
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 505 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue to
develop late this afternoon into the evening across the northern
part of the Watch area and gradually push east-southeast. Severe
gusts 60-75 mph will be the primary hazard with the stronger storms,
although large hail 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter will be possible
with the more intense thunderstorms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of
Bartlesville OK to 30 miles east northeast of Vichy MO. 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 482…WW 483…WW
484…WW 485…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
28015.
…Smith
