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SEL6 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. && 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