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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 617
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 617
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF GROVE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 615...WW 616...
   
   DISCUSSION...BOWING CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS NEAR ICT WILL TRACK
   EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO MODERATELY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE
   WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL
   BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 31035.
   
   
   ...HART
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