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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   545 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST COLORADO
          SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE PANHANDLE
          NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GARDEN
   CITY KANSAS TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA.
   
   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 563...WW 564...WW 565...WW
   566...WW 567...WW 568...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MUCH
   OF WW THIS EVENING...AS MCS EVOLVES SEWD OUT OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
   PLAINS.  OTHER MORE DISCRETE STORMS MAY FORM NEAR OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
   ARCING NWWD INTO NERN CO AND NEAR WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY INTO NWRN
   OK.  AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS.
    IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING
   WINDS AS STORMS ACCELERATE SEWD ALONG COMMON OUTFLOW LATER THIS
   EVENING.
   
   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 29035.
   
   
   ...EVANS