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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 215

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST KANSAS

  SOUTHERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A WARM FRONT

EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE KS/NEB BORDER.  THESE STORMS MAY BECOME

SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.

STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

SHENANDOAH IOWA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 213...WW 214...



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 24035.





...HART

