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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 566
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until
  900 PM MDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue to
develop and intensify this afternoon and move east across the Watch
through the evening.  The stronger thunderstorms will be potentially
capable of large to very large hail and severe gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
of Sidney NE to 50 miles west southwest of Dalhart TX. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28020.

...Smith