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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 366
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Colorado
  Northeast New Mexico
  Western Oklahoma Panhandle
  Northwest part of the Texas Panhandle

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop and
intensify this afternoon into the early evening across the Watch
area.  The stronger storms, including the possibility for a few
supercells, will potentially be capable of large to very large hail
and severe gusts.  A few small clusters may eventually evolve
towards late afternoon and early evening near the Colorado-Kansas
border and pose an increasing threat for severe gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles south of Clayton
NM to 50 miles north of Akron CO. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 365...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Smith