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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

840 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

  NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT

    GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY

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

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 316...WW 317...WW 318...



DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KS

WILL LIKELY SURGE EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF WATCH AREA THIS

EVENING.  ONE OR MORE BOW ECHOES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL

WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...HART

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