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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 380
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1055 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS
          SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM
   UNTIL 500 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   HASTINGS NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 377. WATCH NUMBER 377 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
   AFTER 1055 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 378...WW 379...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS MOVING OUT OF NE CO/NW KS APPEAR TO BE
   TRANSITIONING INTO AN MCS.  AREA VWP/PROFILER DATA CONTINUE TO SHOW
   LOW LEVEL VEERING THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH
   HAIL/HIGH WIND... BUT STORM OUTFLOW SHOULD GRADUALLY OUTRUN UPDRAFTS
   AND LEAD TO INCREASINGLY-UNDERCUT STORMS.
   
   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 27030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI