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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 226
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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 226
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   605 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST KANSAS
          SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 605 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 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF IMPERIAL NEBRASKA TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY
   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...CONVECTION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY THROUGH
   THE EVENING AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVE
   EWD FROM CO TO KS/NEB.  STEEP LAPSE RATES AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR IN
   EXCESS OF 50 KT WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING
   SUPERCELLS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  AN
   ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT RELATIVELY WEAK LOW-LEVEL
   SHEAR AND MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE SUGGEST THIS THREAT IS
   LIMITED THROUGH MUCH OF THE 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 26020.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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