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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 547

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT MON OCT 14 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA TO 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE

SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  A MIXTURE OF SUPERCELLS

AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS APPEAR LIKELY WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING

WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24030.





...MEAD

