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WWUS20 KWNS 150358

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SPC WW 150358

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 417

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM UNTIL

400 AM 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

WICHITA KANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 411...WW 412...WW

414...WW 415...WW 416...



DISCUSSION...SMALL SUPERCELL COMPLEX HAS FORMED RAPIDLY IN THE PAST

HALF HOUR SW OF ICT...NEAR REMNANTS OF EARLIER SUPERCELL THAT

TRACKED E ACROSS SW KS.  AREA VWP AND PROFILER DATA DEPICT WIND

FIELDS THAT HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINED

SUPERCELLS...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SFC-BASED STORM.  CONTINUED LOW

LVL NWD MOISTURE TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH NWD MOVEMENT OF CNTRL

PLNS WARM FRONT SUGGESTS THAT THE COMPLEX NEAR ICT MAY ALREADY BE

NEARLY SFC-BASED.  GIVEN THE ABOVE...LOW-LVL VEERING PROFILES...AND

WARM/VERY MOIST LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A

TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HIGH WIND/HAIL.



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 28035.





...CORFIDI

