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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 459
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 459
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   435 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO
          WESTERN KANSAS
          SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 435 AM UNTIL 1100 AM MDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD COLORADO TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.  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 458...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRENGTHENING LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF PROGRESSIVE
   SWRN CONUS UPPER LOW WILL SUPPORT INCREASING CONVECTIVE COVERAGE
   THROUGH REMAINDER FORENOON HOURS OVER THIS REGION...W OF SFC FRONTAL
   ZONE.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE PRIMARY THREAT AS ELUCIDATED IN MORE
   DETAIL IN MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1219.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 21030.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS/CORFIDI
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