WW 304 SEVERE TSTM KS MO 242125Z – 250400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 304
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
425 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Extreme southeast Kansas
Southwest and south central Missouri
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 425 PM until
1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms are forming along a cold front and in the
open warm sector across southwest and south central Missouri. The
storm environment favors a mix of supercells and storm clusters
capable of producing isolated very large hail to 2.5 inches in
diameter and outflow gusts of 60-70 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Vichy
MO to 30 miles south southwest of Monett MO. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 302…WW 303…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
…Thompson
