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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 377

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST KANSAS

  OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

  TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 630 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF DALHART TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE LODGE

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 374...WW 375...WW 376...



DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ESEWD

FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SERN CO AND NERN NM INTO SWRN KS AND THE

TX/OK PANHANDLES. OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SW-NE ORIENTED

BOUNDARY ACROSS SWRN KS. STORMS SHOULD BE HIGH BASED...BUT STRONG

INSTABILITY AND 25-35 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED

MULTICELLS AND SOME SUPERCELL STRUCTURES AS WELL.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...DIAL

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