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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 384
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WW0384 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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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   845 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          A SMALL PART OF FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO
          SOUTHWEST KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM
   UNTIL 400 AM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
   LAMAR COLORADO TO 30 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY KANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 380. WATCH NUMBER 380 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
   AFTER 845 PM MDT. CONTINUE...WW 378...WW 381...WW 383...
   
   DISCUSSION...SE CO SUPERCELLS APPEAR TO BE GRADUALLY EVOLVING INTO A
   SMALL FORWARD-PROPAGATING MCS.  AREA THERMODYNAMIC/WIND DATA SUGGEST
   THAT SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE MAINLY E OR ESE...WITH SATELLITE LOOP
   SHOWING AN APPARENT UPR IMPULSE IN WRN CO TO MAINTAIN MODEST LARGE
   SCALE ASCENT.  AMPLE LOW LVL AND DEEP SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR
   EMBEDDED ROTATING STORMS.  ASSOCIATED LEWPS COULD YIELD HIGH
   WIND/HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO THROUGH EARLY FRI.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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