URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 354
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
544 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2001

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

   SOUTHEAST COLORADO                           
   SOUTHWEST KANSAS                             
   EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO                         
   THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE                          
   THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE                              

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL
1100 PM MDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LA JUNTA
COLORADO TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ELKHART KANSAS.

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.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN VICINITY OF THE RATON RIDGE FOR NEXT FEW
HOURS.  INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...STEEP LAPSE RATES...AND
SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL/DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28020.

...HART