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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 555 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 225 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Colorado Western and Central Kansas Southwest Nebraska * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph likely Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forecast to continue to develop and intensify through the afternoon and into the evening. The stronger storms will be capable of a risk for large hail (1-2 inches in diameter) and severe gusts (60-75 mph). A linear thunderstorm cluster is expected to eventually evolve by evening with the primary risk becoming a wind hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Burlington CO to 25 miles north northeast of Russell KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 32025. ...Smith