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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 592

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

335 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far eastern Colorado

  Northwest Kansas

  Far southwestern Nebraska



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of severe thunderstorms may develop off across

the tri-state area as high-based storms spread east from the Palmer

Divide in Colorado.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west northwest

of Burlington CO to 55 miles southeast of Mccook NE. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 590...WW 591...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27030.



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