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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN COLORADO

       NORTHWEST KANSAS

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

1000 PM MDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA

COLORADO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 605...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF

CENTRAL CO INTO SOUTHEAST WY.  OTHER STORMS ARE TRACKING INTO

NORTHWEST NEB FROM SD.  THE WATCH AREA HAS BECOME MODERATELY

UNSTABLE WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED STORMS.  A FEW INTENSE

STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING WITH

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.



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 27025.





...HART

