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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 222
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   235 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
          NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
          SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL 900
   PM MDT.
   
   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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF
   GOODLAND KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY NEBRASKA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 221...
   
   DISCUSSION...WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS LIFTING SLOWLY NEWD INTO THE
   CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND APPEARS TO BE ENHANCING
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO NERN CO/FAR NWRN KS/FAR SWRN NEB ATTM.
    AIR MASS SOUTH OF I-80 REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WITH 25-35 KT
   OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED MULTICELL CLUSTERS AND
   BRIEF SUPERCELLS.  THEREFORE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY
   ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS THROUGH THE MID 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 24025.
   
   
   ...EVANS