WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 612

WWUS20 KWNS 262307
SEL2
SPC WW 262307
KSZ000-NEZ000-270600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 612
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

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 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VALENTINE NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 610...WW 611...

DISCUSSION...N/S BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS THAT FORMED EARLIER TODAY IN
ERN CO/FAR WRN NEB EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E INTO INCREASING LOW LVL
MOISTURE. COUPLED WITH 25-30 KT WLY MID LVL FLOW...ACTIVITY MAY
GROW INTO A N/S MCS. LARGE TEMP-DEWPOINT SPREADS SUGGEST EMBEDDED
STORMS MAY YIELD HIGH WIND. OTHER STORMS WITH WIND/HAIL MAY FORM
AHEAD OF MCS LATER THIS EVENING AS SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS WWD-MOVING
NW/SE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN CNTRL NEB.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.

...CORFIDI

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