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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 310

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD

SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE REGION AND ADJACENT

PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE

AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL INTO A GROWING CLUSTER

OF STORMS WITH AN INCREASED RISK FOR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 36015.





...KERR

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 310

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD

SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE REGION AND ADJACENT

PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE

AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONGEAL INTO A GROWING CLUSTER

OF STORMS WITH AN INCREASED RISK FOR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 36015.





...KERR

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