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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 306

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN MAIN BODY OF OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE

GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL IN KANSAS MAY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED FOR A FEW

HOURS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO AT LEAST PART OF THIS

EVENING.  ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE INTO A FAVORABLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS

OVER THE WATCH AREA...OFFERING MAINLY DAMAGING WIND WITH SPORADIC

HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALVA

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 304...WW 305...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 36030.





...EDWARDS

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