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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 494

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM CDT Fri Oct 6 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Colorado

  Western and central Kansas



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 330 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered storms will pose a risk for very large hail and

likely congeal into a fast-moving line with an increasing risk for

severe wind gusts this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west northwest

of Lamar CO to 55 miles south of Russell KS. 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.



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

3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

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

25040.



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