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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 414 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 210 PM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Colorado Western Kansas Western and Southwest Nebraska Northeast New Mexico The Far Western Oklahoma Panhandle The Northwest Texas Panhandle Far Southeast Wyoming * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until 900 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop and pose a threat for large hail around 1-2 inches in diameter this afternoon. With time, thunderstorms should consolidate into a bowing cluster moving east-northeastward, with a greater threat for severe/damaging winds around 60-80 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles southwest of Clayton NM to 40 miles north of Sidney NE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 413... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 22035. ...Gleason