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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 424
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 424
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   520 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 520
   PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
   GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO TEXAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 418...WW 419...WW
   420...WW 421...WW 422...WW 423...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
   WRN TX PANHANDLE AND ALONG A DIFFUSE BOUNDARY IN THE OK PANHANDLE
   THROUGH THIS EVENING.  VERTICAL SHEAR IS MARGINAL FOR SUPERCELLS IN
   THE NRN PORTION OF THE WATCH...AND WEAKER TO THE SOUTH. 
   HOWEVER...EXTREME INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT STRONG UPDRAFTS AND AN
   ATTENDANT THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS STRONG DOWNBURST
   POTENTIAL.  THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS MAY INCREASE LATER THIS
   EVENING AS DEVELOPING STORMS MERGE INTO LARGER CLUSTERS...OR AS
   ONGOING STORMS IN WRN KS SPREAD SWD INTO THE OK AND NRN TX
   PANHANDLES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRENGTHENING COLD POOL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 36015.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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