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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 441
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1225 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1225 PM UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES 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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 90 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY
   OKLAHOMA.  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...SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY CENTRAL TO NW OK WILL DRIFT SWD
   AND BE A FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. 
   WITH AIR MASS ON S SIDE OF BOUNDARY BECOMING VERY TO EXTREMELY
   UNSTABLE...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
   THRU THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND N OF BOUNDARY.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
   VERY LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 22015.
   
   
   ...HALES