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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 401
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   435 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL KANSAS
          NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA TO
   30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.
   
   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 400...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS MAY PERSIST OVER CENTRAL
   KS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...DEVELOPING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO
   NORTHWEST OK.  VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL
   PROMOTE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER CELLS.
   
   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 31025.
   
   
   ...HART