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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 136
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WW0136 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 136...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   525 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013
   
   CORRECTED FOR WORDING FOR GEOGRAPHIC PORTION OF STATE
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN KANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL
     1100 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   &&
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM PRIMARILY ALONG SWD SURGING
   FRONT OVER EXTREME SRN KS INTO NWRN OK. INITIAL STORMS COULD DEVELOP
   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES...BUT STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A SMALL
   CLUSTER OR LINE AS THEY CONTINUE SWD WITH A THREAT FOR BOTH ISOLATED
   DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...DIAL
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