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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 150

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS

  SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND

CENTRAL KS THIS AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA.  SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND A FEW

TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN THREAT.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 25 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 148...WW 149...



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 22030.





...HART

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