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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 556
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
535 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Colorado
  Southwest Kansas
  Far Northwest Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle
  The Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Friday afternoon from 535 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should generally move southward this evening
while posing a threat for scattered damaging winds around 60-70 mph,
with isolated stronger gusts possible. Occasional hail around 1-2
inches in diameter may also occur with any persistent supercells.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles south
southwest of Springfield CO to 55 miles east southeast of Dodge City
KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 555...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
34025.

...Gleason