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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 592
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   200 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
          NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
   PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY
   KANSAS.  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 591...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN
   ZONE OF LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE AND STEEPENING LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE
   RATES OVER WW AREA.  LARGE SCALE ASCENT MAY BE ENHANCED BY WEAK UPR
   IMPULSE NOW OVER THE WRN PANHANDLES...PER PROFILER/SATELLITE DATA. 
   WHILE DEEP SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK OVER MUCH OF WW AREA...SHEAR WILL
   STRENGTHEN WITH TIME OVER SRN HALF AS PANHANDLE VORT CONTINUES EWD. 
   THIS... COUPLED WITH LARGE TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINT SPREADS...MAY
   SUPPORT UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT OF COLD POOL...WITH AN ASSOCIATED
   INCREASED THREAT FOR WET MICROBURSTS.  RESULTING MCS SHOULD MOVE
   MAINLY ESE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 31020.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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