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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 588
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL 900
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 587. WATCH NUMBER 587 WILL NOT BE
   IN EFFECT AFTER 1245 PM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...ONGOING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ELEVATED
   ATTM...BUT MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY SURFACE-BASED AS THEY SPREAD
   ESEWD AND AFTERNOON HEATING CONTINUES INTO CENTRAL KS. OTHER STORMS
   SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON OVER E-CENTRAL CO
   AND INTO SWRN KS ALONG OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER STORMS.  LARGE
   HAIL...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE QUITE LARGE...WILL BE PRIMARY SEVERE
   THREAT.  HOWEVER...WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS STORMS
   BECOME MORE ROOTED INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28025.
   
   
   ...EVANS