Severe Thunderstorm Watch 310

Issued

Jun 1, 2019, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2019, 10:24 PM CDT

In force

5 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

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

5%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

60%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

60%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

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WWUS20 KWNS 012218
SEL0  
SPC WW 012218
KSZ000-MOZ000-020500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 310
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
520 PM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Kansas
  Southwest Missouri

* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms forming near the Kansas/Missouri border may
back build a little in Kansas, and likely persist through late
evening while spreading southeastward into southwest Missouri. 
Large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threats with the
clusters and embedded supercell structures.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest
of Chanute KS to 65 miles east northeast of Springfield MO. 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 303...WW 304...WW
305...WW 306...WW 307...WW 308...WW 309...

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 550. Mean storm motion vector
31020.

...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.