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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 522
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 522
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1010 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1010 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   HASTINGS 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 520...WW 521...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTM CLUSTER IN N CNTRL KS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEWD
   ALONG AND JUST BEHIND NE/SW SURFACE FRONT NOSING SLOWLY S INTO
   REGION.  NEWD PROPAGATION WILL BE ENHANCED BY NELY LOW LEVEL FLOW
   IMMEDIATELY BEHIND FRONT...AND BY PRESENCE OF STEEP LAPSE RATES JUST
   ABOVE IT.  POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR BOTH HAIL...AND SMALL SCALE
   BOWING SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND.
   
   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 23020.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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