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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 755
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 755
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   805 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST WYOMING
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM MDT.
   
   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 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE
   NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 753...WW 754...
   
   DISCUSSION...AREAS OF HIGH-BASED CONVECTION NOW DEVELOPING EAST INTO
   ZONE OF MUCH STRONGER INSTABILITY AND A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED ASCENT
   AND MASS INFLOW ON STRENGTHENING SLY LOW LEVEL JET. ACTIVITY APPEARS
   TO BE ENCOUNTERING MORE FAVORABLE REGIME BASED ON LATEST RADAR
   TRENDS AND EXPECT ONE OR TWO CLUSTERS TO CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT
   OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WHILE SPREADING SEWD INTO LLJ...AND
   ALONG INSTABILITY AXIS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
   
   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 28035.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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