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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 420

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1055 AM UNTIL 600

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 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 419...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING

EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE KS/MO BORDER.  STORMS WILL REMAIN IN

VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED

THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

 SOME UPSCALE ORGANIZATION INTO A BOW ECHO IS POSSIBLE THIS

AFTERNOON.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.





...HART

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