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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 284

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

545 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  EXTREME NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

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

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GUYMON

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 279...WW 280...WW

281...WW 282...WW 283...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE

ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS FROM THE OK PANHANDLE INTO SE CO...WITH

GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION OF THE STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING

AS THEY MOVE TO THE E AND SE.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

RISK...ALONG WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.



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 30025.





...THOMPSON

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