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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   205 PM MDT MON MAY 16 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN NEVADA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL UTAH
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ELY NEVADA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY INCREASING OVER CENTRAL
   NV WILL SWEEP EASTWARD INTO UT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SLOWLY
   WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF LINE...COUPLED WITH COOLING AND
   STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT AND ...WITH PRODUCE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
   FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...HART