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WWUS20 KWNS 082256

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SPC WW 082256

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 281

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING FROM 600 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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY

KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 278...WW 279...WW 280...



DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED SUPERCELLS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WRN KS

EARLY THIS EVENING.  VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL

REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PRIMARY TO EVOLUTION INTO

LARGER MCS LATER THIS EVENING WHEN DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WILL ALSO

INCREASE.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.





...EVANS

