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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

755 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KANSAS

       EASTERN OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 94. WATCH NUMBER 94 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 755

PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 95...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG

LEADING EDGE OF MCS/RAINFALL SHIELD NOW OVER CNTRL OK/KS.  AS SFC

PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE OVER CNTRL OK/KS IN RESPONSE TO EJECTING MID

LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW ENTERING W TX...ASSOCIATED BACKING OF LOW-LEVEL

WINDS WILL LENGTHEN LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS.  COUPLED WITH NEARLY

SATURATED LOWER LEVELS...THIS MAY SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

