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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 353

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF LA

JUNTA COLORADO TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 352...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE

SOUTHEAST OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN INTO AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR

MASS. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL

MOVE INTO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS EVENING.



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 31020.





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