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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 319
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WW0319 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   330 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN IOWA
          PARTS OF NORTHERN KANSAS
          PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI
          PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM 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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   BURLINGTON IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 318...
   
   DISCUSSION...WARM SECTOR TO S OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BECOME VERY
   WARM AND UNSTABLE.  WITH LITTLE REMAINING CINH...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
   BE INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY VICINITY AND LATER N OF
   BOUNDARY.  WITH MARGINAL DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
   LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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.
   
   
   ...HALES
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