WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 288

WWUS20 KWNS 082033
SEL8
SPC WW 082033
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
WEST TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SALINA KANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF AMARILLO TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO FORM AND/OR INCREASE IN
COVERAGE/STRENGTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG DEEP WIND
SHIFT/COLD FRONT IN KS ASSOCIATED WITH AMPLIFYING NEB UPR VORT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ALONG LEE TROUGH/DRY LINE SWD INTO W
CNTRL TX. 40-50 KT DEEP NWLY SHEAR...WITH A LARGE...DEEP DIRECTIONAL
COMPONENT SHOULD PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE
HAIL/HIGH WIND AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO. THE STORMS SHOULD
ORGANIZE INTO A E/SE-MOVING LINE OR TWO BY EARLY EVE...WITH A
CONTINUING RISK FOR SVR WIND/HAIL.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28025.


...CORFIDI

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