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WWUS20 KWNS 292006

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SPC WW 292006

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 404

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 PM MDT Wed Jul 29 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  eastern Colorado

  western Kansas

  southwestern Nebraska

  the Oklahoma panhandle



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 205 PM

  until 900 PM MDT.



* 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



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forecast to develop/spread across the WW

area this afternoon, with a few storms capable of producing large

hail and damaging winds.  Storms may evolve into one or two linear

clusters by early evening, with potential for locally strong gusts

spreading across western Kansas with time.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Imperial NE to Liberal KS. 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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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

29035.



...Goss

