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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 359

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

940 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST COLORADO

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM MDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON COLORADO TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

IMPERIAL NEBRASKA.  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.



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DISCUSSION...NE-SW-ORIENTED BAND OF STORMS WILL LIKELY POSE A

DAMAGING WIND AND SEVERE HAIL THREAT AS IT PROGRESSES EWD THROUGH A

MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





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