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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 739  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO  
226  PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994  
  
.A..THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR  
  
     PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA  
  
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 900 PM CDT.  
  
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS  
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.  
  
  
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES  
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ENID  
OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE 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.  
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C... A FEW SVR TSTMS WITH HAIL SFC AND ALF TO 2 IN. EXTRM TURBC AND  
SFC WND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CBS WITH MAX TOPS TO 520. MEAN  
WIND VECTOR 33030.  
  
D... SVR TSTMS XPCD TO CONT DVLPG ALG NW/SE FNTL ZONE OVR THE SRN  
HI PNS...WHERE FNTL LIFT APPEARS SUFF TO RELEASE CNVTV INSTBLTY  
PRESENT ALG EDGE OF CAP.  SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT AMS OVR RGN IS  
SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH DMGG WND AND HAIL.  
  
E...OTR TSTMS... CONT...WW 737..WW 738..  
  
...CORFIDI