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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 675
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 675
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   545 PM CDT WED AUG 2 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST IOWA
          EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 545 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 45
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
   OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CHILLICOTHE
   MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 671...WW 672...WW
   673...WW 674...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL KS
   WILL PROPAGATE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF MO...SOUTHEAST
   NEB...AND SOUTHWEST IA THIS EVENING.  DEEP MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND
   SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS IN
   STRONGER STORMS.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HART
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