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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
341 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
CIMARRON TEXAS
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...
DALLAM HANSFORD HARTLEY
SHERMAN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...CHANNING...DALHART...
GRUVER...GUYMON...HARTLEY...KEYES...SPEARMAN AND STRATFORD.
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SPC WW 022038COZ000-KSZ000-NMZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-030400
WWUS20 KWNS 022038
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 341
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN COLORADO
WESTERN KANSAS
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
TEXAS PANHANDLE
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
1000 PM MDT.
HAIL TO 1.5 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 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF LIMON COLORADO TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
DALHART TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 340...
DISCUSSION...HIGH-BASED STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE AND
NERN NM MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST INTO A WARM AND
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS ERN CO/NERN NM/WRN KS AND THE
OK/TX PNHDLS. BAND OF MODEST WLY MID LEVEL FLOW ACCOMPANYING A WEAK
SHORT WAVE TROUGH...ATOP WEAK SELY LOW LEVEL FLOW...WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO SUFFICIENT DEEP SHEAR FOR STORM UPDRAFTS TO PERSIST. INITIAL
HAZARDS WILL LIKELY TAKE THE FORM OF STRONG TO SEVERE DOWNBURST
WINDS GIVEN EVAPORATIONAL COOLING INTO WARM TO HOT DEEPLY MIXED
SUB-CLOUD AIRMASS. WITH TIME...A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL MAY
DEVELOP. STORMS MAY MERGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
WITH ONE OR TWO SMALL CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES POSING A WIND THREAT
SPREADING EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO WRN KS AND/OR OK/TX PNHDLS.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...CARBIN
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