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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 452

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST COLORADO

       NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

       OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

       WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 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 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

PUEBLO COLORADO TO 45 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 451...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG THE

FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST CO AND NORTHEAST NM...AND OVER PARTS OF THE

OK/TX PANHANDLES.  STRONG INSTABILITY IS IN PLACE OVER THESE

REGIONS...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT NORTHERLY MID LEVEL FLOW FOR

CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION.  SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS

EVENING WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER

CELLS.



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 32025.





...HART

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