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WWUS20 KWNS 141544

SEL5

SPC WW 141544

KSZ000-OKZ000-142300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1045 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KANSAS

       NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL

600 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS RAPIDLY INCREASING OVER

SOUTHWEST KS AND SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL KS THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON.  OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWEST OK IN

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  INITIAL STORMS MAY BE ELEVATED.

HOWEVER...SURFACE DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR AS LOW CLOUDS BURN

OFF...AIDING IN STORMS BECOMING SURFACE-BASED.  VERY FAVORABLE

VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS

CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  STRONG TORNADOES

WILL BE AN INCREASING RISK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

