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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 349

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF

OKLAHOMA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  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 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF BORGER TEXAS TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ENID

OKLAHOMA.  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 346...WW 347...WW 348...



DISCUSSION...MULTIPLE CLUSTERS AND BANDS OF STG-SVR TSTMS ARE

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE POSING THREAT MAINLY FOR DAMAGING WIND...AS

THEY MOVE OUT OF EXPIRING WW 347...MERGE...AND CROSS MORE OF TX

PANHANDLE AND NRN/WRN OK OVERNIGHT.  BEFORE BEING OVERTAKEN BY MCS

ACTIVITY...ISOLATED/PERSISTENT/HP SUPERCELL MOVING SWD THROUGH ERN

TX PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER LARGE HAIL AND SVR GUSTS...WITH

A TORNADO STILL POSSIBLE.



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 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32030.





...EDWARDS

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