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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 396

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM MDT Tue Jun 18 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Colorado

  Northeast New Mexico

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until

  1000 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with 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...Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will continue

to develop and intensify and otherwise move generally southeastward

across the region through evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of

Trinidad CO to 40 miles south southeast of Elkhart KS. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 394...WW 395...



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

30025.



...Guyer

