Severe Thunderstorm Watch 72

Issued

Apr 6, 2021, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)

Expired

Apr 7, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

7 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

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

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

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 316 Severe potential...watch possibleApr 6, 3:03 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 317 Severe thunderstorm watch 72Apr 6, 7:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 318 Severe thunderstorm watch 72Apr 6, 9:11 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 319 Severe thunderstorm watch 73Apr 6, 11:22 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 72
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
445 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central Kansas
  South central Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorm initiation appears imminent just to the east
of Dodge City, and near the surface low in south central Nebraska. 
The storm environment favors a mix of multicell clusters to the
north with an accompanying large hail and damaging wind threat, and
supercells farther south toward central and south central Kansas. 
In addition to the hail/wind threat, there will be some potential
for a tornado or two with the southernmost supercells in a cluster
across Kansas this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of
Grand Island NE to 95 miles south of Russell KS. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

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
24025.

...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.