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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 553
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 553
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   325 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF POTEAU OKLAHOMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 549...WW 550...WW
   551...WW 552...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX NCENTRAL OK CONTINUES SEWD AND
   EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT ENCOUNTERS INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS.  IN ADDITION SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  WILL DEVELOP VICINITY
   SURFACE BOUNDARY SRN AND WRN OK WHERE AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE. 
   PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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