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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 86
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WW0086 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   535 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL KANSAS
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA
          WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 535
   PM UNTIL 100 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON
   KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WATCH AREA.  STORMS WILL BE BEHIND A
   STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT.  BUT DESPITE THE VERY COLD LOW LEVEL
   ENVIRONMENT...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND
   SHEAR FOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL.  COVERAGE OF
   STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
   
   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 23035.
   
   
   ...HART
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