WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 516

WWUS20 KWNS 142235
SEL6
SPC WW 142235
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-150400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 516
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 535 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF GUYMON OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN
KANSAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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...SCTD TSTMS/MARGINAL SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL
AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND EXPECTED INVOF NE/SW SFC TROUGH THROUGH
MID EVENING. MODEST NNWLY DEEP SHEAR AND...POSSIBLY...ENHANCED UVV
ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING UPR DISTURBANCE OVER ERN KS WILL BE PRESENT
TO ASSIST STORM SUSTENANCE/ORGANIZATION.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 35020.

..CORFIDI

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