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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 353
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WW0353 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   215 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHEAST COLORADO
     NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
     OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
     NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM 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 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF LA
   JUNTA COLORADO TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CLAYTON NEW MEXICO.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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 352...

   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE
   SOUTHEAST OFF THE HIGH TERRAIN INTO AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL
   MOVE INTO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS EVENING.

   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 31020.


   ...MEAD
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