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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 307

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COLORADO

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A WELL-ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A

HISTORY OF MULTIPLE...MEASURED...HURRICANE-FORCE GUSTS...IS EXPECTED

TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT.  WHILE SOME

STABILIZATION WILL OCCUR WITH TIME IN THE INFLOW AIR...STRONG

LOW-LEVEL FORCING WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD MAINTAIN A SEVERE-WIND

THREAT ACROSS THE FOREGOING PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND WELL INTO KANSAS.

ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND A TORNADO OR TWO ALSO MAY OCCUR.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 50 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.  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 304...WW 305...WW 306...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 34040.





...EDWARDS

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