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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 418

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 PM MDT Tue Aug 4 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  eastern Colorado

  far western Kansas

  southwestern Nebraska

  northeastern New Mexico

  the Oklahoma panhandle

  the Texas panhandle

  southeastern Wyoming



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until

  900 PM MDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms initiating over the mountains and foothills

will intensify while spreading southeastward into the adjacent

plains late this afternoon and evening.  Isolated supercells are

possible, in addition to organizing clusters, which will pose a risk

for severe hail and wind.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Sidney NE to 20 miles south southeast of Dalhart TX. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 416...WW 417...



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

33015.



...Kerr

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