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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 332

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST COLORADO

       NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

       WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 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 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF

LA JUNTA COLORADO TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI NEW

MEXICO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 331...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPREADING

SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN TX PANHANDLE.  NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT

AND BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE PROVIDING SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER

VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...HART

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