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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 732
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   555 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST KANSAS
          OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
          TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 555 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO
   TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY 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 730...WW 731...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
   INTENSITY INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES AND SWRN KS THIS EVENING...AS
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERSPREADS THE REGION.  IN ADDITION...SURFACE COLD
   FRONT MAY CONTINUE FOCUSING DEVELOPMENT INTO WRN KS.  AIR MASS
   REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS AND
   BOW ECHOES AS STORMS DEVELOP SEWD.  EXPECT PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS OF
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 32025.
   
   
   ...EVANS