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WWUS20 KWNS 070204
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 539
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
900 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO
FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO
OVER THE PAST HOUR. EXPECTATION IS FOR THESE STORMS GROW UPSCALE,
WITH THE RESULTING LINE OF STORMS PROGRESSING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES. DAMAGING GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS
LINE, INCLUDING ISOLATED INSTANCES OF 75+ MPH. ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL, MORE CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KS, WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE AS WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF LIBERAL KS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF GUYMON OK. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
29035.
...MOSIER
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