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WWUS20 KWNS 032156

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SPC WW 032156

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 543

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

500 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 500 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 35 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 540...WW 541...



DISCUSSION...SHEAR REMAINS QUITE STRONG ACROSS NERN KS...AND LOW

LEVEL SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER THROUGH THE EVENING ALONG SSWLY

LLJ.  GIVEN DEGREE OF INSTABILITY...POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DISCRETE

STORMS TO ROOT INTO BOUNDARY LAYER SUPPORTS A RISK OF TORNADOES THIS

EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ARE ADDITIONAL

RISKS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.





...EVANS

