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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 124

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

110 PM MDT Sun May 27 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Colorado

  Western Kansas

  Southwest Nebraska

  Oklahoma Panhandle

  Northern Texas Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until

  800 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will become numerous across eastern Colorado

this afternoon, spreading eastward into western Kansas early this

evening.  Other isolated storms will form southward into the Texas

Panhandle.  Large hail and damaging winds are expected with the

strongest cells.  An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north of Akron

CO to 35 miles east of Amarillo TX. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 123...



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

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

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

22030.



...Hart

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