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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 350

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS

       NORTHWEST MISSOURI

       SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 805 AM UNTIL

400 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

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

OF CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 349...



DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED N CNTRL KS MCS EXPECTED TO

FORWARD-PROPAGATE MAINLY ESE TO SE THROUGH MIDDAY /REF 13Z

CONVECTIVE OTLK/.  DESPITE MODEST WIND FIELD...AN INCREASING RISK

WILL EXIST FOR LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND AS SYSTEM INGESTS STRONGLY

DESTABILIZING AIR /PER TOP RAOB/ WITH SFC HEATING.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30030.





...CORFIDI

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