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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 210

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST COLORADO

       NORTHWEST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1155 PM UNTIL

400 AM CDT.



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 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF

VALENTINE NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 207...WW 208...WW 209...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN KS

AND EASTERN CO...TRACKING NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEB.

 ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING...THREAT FOR LOCALLY SEVERE

WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.



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 22035.





...HART

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