Severe Thunderstorm Watch 80

Issued

Apr 10, 2016, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 349Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 351Apr 10, 5:13 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 353Apr 10, 7:36 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 354Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 358Apr 10, 11:23 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 102229
SEL0  
SPC WW 102229
KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-110500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 80
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 530 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY IN A BAND FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
THROUGH LATE EVENING...AND THE STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP
SOUTHWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  A FEW SUPERCELLS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE BAND OF CONVECTION...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF
BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI. 
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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 78...WW 79...

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...THOMPSON

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.