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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 295

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 640 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  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



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLAND KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 293...WW 294...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELL CLUSTER IN NE CO WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE

EWD ON THE IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE SURFACE COLD

FRONT...POTENTIALLY GROWING UPSCALE INTO A SMALL MCS LATER THIS

EVENING.  NNELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND A CORRIDOR OF UPPER 50S TO LOWER

60S DEWPOINTS...BENEATH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES...WILL SUPPORT A

RISK FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGING GUSTS.  A COUPLE

TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE ENHANCEMENT TO THE

LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/HODOGRAPH CURVATURE GIVEN THE NELY LOW-LEVEL WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27035.





...THOMPSON

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