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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 347
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
505 PM MDT Tue May 28 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Colorado
  Western Kansas

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 505 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop and
intensify this afternoon into the evening.  Large hail and localized
severe gusts will be the primary risks with the stronger
thunderstorms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest
of Burlington CO to 40 miles southeast of Goodland KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 344...WW 345...WW 346...

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
27015.

...Smith