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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...CU/TCU FIELD CONTINUES TO GROW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL

OK...WHILE AIRMASS DESTABILIZES INTO SOUTHEAST KS.  LEADING EDGE OF

STRONGER FORCING IS MOVING THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE AND WILL LIKELY

RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM INITIATION SOON OVER WESTERN OK.

THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA DURING THE LATE

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WILL

PROMOTE SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH A RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

