WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 444

WWUS20 KWNS 252148
SEL4
SPC WW 252148
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-260600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 444
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KANSAS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 445
PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BORGER TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 443...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING IN WRN KS NEAR NNE-SSW BOUNDARY
EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY ESE THOUGH LATE TNGT AS MODEST
LOW-LVL DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES AHEAD OF LOW-AMPLITUDE DISTURBANCE
TRACKING ESE FROM CO/WY. A COMPLEX MIX OF STORM TYPES...INCLUDING A
FEW SUSTAINED STORMS AND SUPERCELLS...ARE EXPECTED...WITH A RISK FOR
SVR HAIL...WIND...AND POSSIBLE A TORNADO /THE LATTER MAINLY IN NRN
KS/. THE STORMS SHOULD CONSOLIDATE INTO A SE OR
SSE-MOVING...FORWARD-PROPAGATING MCS TNGT.

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 30015.


...CORFIDI

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