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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1245 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
          SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN
   NEBRASKA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS.
   
   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 593...WW 594...
   
   DISCUSSION...ONGOING MCS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY ESEWD AT 45
   KT ACROSS S-CENTRAL NEB.  EXPECT SYSTEM TO CONTINUE SEWD WITH A
   GRADUAL TURN TO THE RIGHT OF ITS CURRENT MOTION...WITH SUFFICIENT
   COLD POOL INTENSITY AND DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS ALONG
   ITS LEADING OUTFLOW.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 30040.
   
   
   ...EVANS