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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

       PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM UNTIL

200 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SILL

OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 488...WW 489...WW

490...WW 491...WW 492...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SCENTRAL KS TO SWRN OK WILL

CONTINUE DEVELOPING EWD THROUGH THE EVENING.  AIR MASS IS MODERATELY

UNSTABLE WITH 40-50 KT OF SHEAR.  POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND

LARGE HAIL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS YET AS STORMS MOVE

EWD.



AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HALES

