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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 610
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WW0610 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 610
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1030 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
          THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM
   UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   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 115
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 607...WW 608...WW 609...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS NOW IN SW KS...AND ALONG CNTRL PARTS
   OF THE KS/OK BORDER...SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY SSE THROUGH
   EARLY TUESDAY AS MID LVL NWLY FLOW STRENGTHENS AND DEEPENS IN
   ASSOCIATION WITH AMPLIFYING LARGER SCALE TROUGH.  GIVEN EXISTING
   THERMODYNAMIC SETUP AND EXPECTED VEERING/STRENGHTENING  OF LLJ...A
   THREAT FOR ISOLD SVR HAIL/WIND SHOULD SPREAD FARTHER SSE AS ACTIVITY
   EVOLVES INTO A FORWARD-PROPAGATING CLUSTER.  INCREASING CIN SHOULD
   ULTIMATELY WEAKEN STORMS LATER TUESDAY MORNING.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 35030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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