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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 276
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WW0276 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 276
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   355 PM MDT TUE JUN 4 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN COLORADO
     WESTERN KANSAS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
     1100 PM MDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ELKHART
   KANSAS.  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...THUNDERSTORM INITIATION IS UNDERWAY NEAR THE COLORADO
   FRONT RANGE...AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND UPSCALE CONVECTIVE GROWTH
   IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS IT SPREADS EASTWARD
   INTO THE HIGH PLAINS...WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY
   SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.  A FEW SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY BEFORE ACTIVITY
   DEVELOPS INTO A CONSOLIDATING AND ORGANIZING CLUSTER...ACCOMPANIED
   BY AN INCREASING RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...IN ADDITION TO THE
   RISK FOR LARGE HAIL.  ONE OR TWO...MAINLY RELATIVELY
   SHORT-LIVED...TORNADOES MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION.

   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 29020.


   ...KERR
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