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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 177

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO

  WESTERN KANSAS

  FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 705 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF

GOODLAND KANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 173...WW 174...WW

175...WW 176...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD FROM ERN CO INTO WRN

KS ALONG AN ORGANIZING COLD POOL. WHILE SOME SEVERE HAIL IS

POSSIBLE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH

THESE STORMS.



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 26030.





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