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WWUS20 KWNS 232140

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SPC WW 232140

KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-240500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 71

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

440 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST KANSAS

       EXTREME NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 440 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF DALHART

TEXAS TO 65 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY 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 69...WW 70...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG AN

AXIS FROM WEST OF AMA INTO SOUTHWEST KS.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD WITH SURFACE

BOUNDARY.  LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR IS FORECAST TO INCREASE LATER

THIS EVENING WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...HART

