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WWUS20 KWNS 141912

SEL4

SPC WW 141912

KSZ000-150200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 134

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA

KANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING AHEAD OF DEEPENING

SURFACE LOW SWRN KS AND DRY LINE EXTENDING SEWD THRU SCENTRAL KS.

WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE

VEERING SHEAR PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY INCLUDING LARGE HAIL

AND TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...HALES

