Severe Thunderstorm Watch 554

Issued

Jul 4, 2004, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 1503Jul 4, 3:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1505Jul 4, 5:24 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1509Jul 4, 7:12 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1510Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 042037
SEL4  
SPC WW 042040
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-050300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 554
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS
       NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
       EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL
KANSAS TO 80 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA.

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 549...WW 550...WW 551...WW
552...WW 553...

DISCUSSION...RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED VICINITY
DRY LINE TX PANHANDLE NEWD INTO KS WHERE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE.  SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS...WHICH WILL ENHANCE
POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26025.


...HALES

390,0974 345,0992 345,1013 390,1001

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.