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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 180
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 180
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   400 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southeast Colorado
     Western Kansas
     Northeast New Mexico
     Oklahoma Panhandle
     Northern Texas Panhandle

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until
     1100 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A few bands of intensifying thunderstorms will gradually
   move east across the Watch area this afternoon into the evening. 
   Large hail and severe gusts will be possible with the stronger
   thunderstorms.  Upscale growth into a squall line is forecast later
   this evening over southwest Kansas with severe gusts becoming the
   primary severe hazard.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
   statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles north northwest
   of Garden City KS to 50 miles southwest of Guymon OK. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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 178...WW 179...

   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 450. Mean storm motion vector
   25025.

   ...Smith
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