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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 376

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

       EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 745 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 95 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAGE 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 374. WATCH NUMBER 374 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

745 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 375...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS

EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN ENVIRONMENT OF MODEST DEEP SHEAR BUT RICH

LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND ENHANCED 0-1 SRH INVOF COMPOSITE OUTFLOW

BOUNDARIES.  TORNADO THREAT ATTM APPEARS GREATEST IN THREE

AREAS.../1/ S CNTRL KS...NEAR COLD FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY

INTERSECTION.../2/ IN NE OK...WITH STORM CLUSTER ALONG

NNW-SSE-ORIENTED BOUNDARY...AND /3/ IN THE SE TX PANHANDLE...WHERE

LOW-LEVEL INFLOW IN STRONGEST.  NOCTURNAL INCREASE IN SLY LLJ MAY

SLIGHTLY ENHANCE TORNADO THREAT FOR A SHORT WHILE AFTER SUNSET...BUT

OVERALL THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS STORMS DESTRUCTIVELY

INTERFERE.



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.





...CORFIDI

