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At 945 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 20 miles southeast of Garden City to 20 miles north of Big Lake to 8 miles north of Reagan County Airport. Movement was east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Stiles. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

At 947 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking the leading edge of winds from strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles northwest of Duke to near Odell to 6 miles southeast of Medicine Mound. Movement was east at 40 mph. Winds of 50 mph were measured near Gould. Strong winds can occur before the storms themselves move in. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...

At 948 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Champion Creek Reservoir, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sweetwater, Roscoe, Maryneal, Champion, The Intersection Of Highway 70 And Ranch Road 53, Lake Sweetwater, The Intersection Of Ranch Road

At 957 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Concordia, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Concordia and Clyde. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central Kansas.

The latest forecasts from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and numerical guidance continues to strengthen Tropical Storm Choi-Wan (26W) as it crosses the Marianas sometime this weekend, possibly stalling or slowing to a crawl as it does so, becoming a typhoon by the end of the weekend. Choi-Wan is then forecast to turn north and accelerate somewhat during the early to middle portion of next week while it continues strengthening, possibly into a major typhoon.

* WHAT...High waves and dangerous currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish

At 900 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles north of Crystal Falls, or 16 miles west of Graham, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Graham and Lake Graham around 915 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Eliasville, Newcastle, Jean, Murray, Loving, and South Bend.

At 845 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking the leading edge of winds from strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Swearingen to 8 miles northeast of Chalk to 6 miles east of Guthrie. Movement was east at 35 mph. Strong winds will move in well ahead of the thunderstorms. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...

At 848 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles east of Paducah to near Guthrie. Movement was east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Guthrie, Grow, Chalk, and Hackberry. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead

* WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon and Ottawa counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures.