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WWUS20 KWNS 252000

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SPC WW 252000

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 361

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3.5 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 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 357...WW 358...WW

359...WW 360...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOP E/NE FROM SWRN

KS ALONG AND SO OF THE VERY UNSTABLE INSTABILITY GRADIENT.  WITH

50KT OF SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUPERCELLS INCLUDING VERY

LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL BE LIKELY.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HALES

