WW 510 SEVERE TSTM KS 062240Z – 070500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 510
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
540 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Kansas
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 540 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A cluster of thunderstorms will sag southeastward across
the watch area this evening, with a persistent threat of locally
damaging wind gusts and hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles south
southwest of Garden City KS to 25 miles north northeast of Medicine
Lodge KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated
watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 508…WW 509…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30025.
…Hart
