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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 148
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 148
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   125 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN COLORADO
     WESTERN KANSAS
     THE OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM
     UNTIL 900 PM MDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   GOODLAND KANSAS TO 10 MILES EAST OF DALHART TEXAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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...TSTMS NOW FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SE CO
   EXPECTED TO MOVE/EXPAND ENE THROUGH THE AFTN...SUPPORTED BY LOW-LVL
   ENE FLOW AND DIFFLUENT SW WINDS ALOFT. COOL MID-LVL TEMPS AND STEEP
   LOW MID-LVL LAPSE RATES SUGGEST RISK FOR SVR HAIL AS STORMS ORGANIZE
   INTO ONE OR TWO BROKEN BANDS.
   
   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 24025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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