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WWUS20 KWNS 240230

SEL8

SPC WW 240230

KSZ000-241200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

830 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM

UNTIL 600 AM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY 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...CONTINUE...WW 27...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW IN FAR SW KS EXPECTED TO JOINED BY ADDITIONAL

ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT 1-2 HRS AS LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER HEIGHT

FALLS/MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH POTENT NRN NM

SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERSPREAD REGION.  AS MID LEVEL SW TO SSWLY FLOW

INCREASES TO AOA 60 KTS AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO

SLOWLY INCREASE AHEAD OF W KS SFC LOW...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR

SHORT LINES/CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELLS WITH HIGH WIND/POSSIBLE HAIL AND

ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.





...CORFIDI

