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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF WESTERN KANSAS

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1150 PM

UNTIL 500 AM 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 50 STATUTE

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

MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 83. WATCH NUMBER 83 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1150

PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 85...WW 86...WW 87...



DISCUSSION...WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES PERSISTING...SUPERCELLS

WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FOR SEVERAL

HOURS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE

WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HALES

