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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 277

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1245 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL KANSAS.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 275...WW 276...



DISCUSSION...NW KS MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GENERALLY SSE FOR THE

NEXT FEW HOURS.  SUFFICIENT ELEVATED CAPE AND CLOUD SHEAR APPEAR

PRESENT TO SUPPORT CONTINUED FORWARD-PROPAGATING SEGMENTS...WITH

SOME THREAT FOR DMGG WIND AND HAIL AS SYSTEM MOVES ALONG EDGE OF

EML.



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 34030.





...CORFIDI

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