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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 535

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

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

NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND

KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 239...WW 240...WW

241...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...



DISCUSSION...TSTM LINES/CLUSTERS NOW OVER NE CO EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY ESE INTO WW LATER THIS EVE...WITH OTHER

DEVELOPMENT/LEFT SPLITS POTENTIALLY MOVING NWD INTO WW FROM WAA AREA

IN SW KS /REF WW 244/. SUFFICIENT SHEAR/BUOYANCY SHOULD EXIST FOR

LOCALLY DMGG WIND/SVR HAIL. A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED

OUT...BUT ANY SUCH ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN COMPARATIVELY

SHORT-LIVED/WEAK.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29020.





...CORFIDI

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