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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 31

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1115 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1115 AM UNTIL

600 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 30...



DISCUSSION...INTENSIFYING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED NEXT

FEW HOURS ALONG/NORTH OF DRY LINE EAST OF SURFACE CYCLONE...WHICH

WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DEEPEN AS IT MIGRATES EAST SOUTHEASTWARD

ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.  A FEW LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS APPEAR LIKELY IN

CONVECTIVELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...AND AMBIENT VERTICAL VORTICITY

ALREADY PRESENT WILL SUPPORT RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...IN

ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/GUSTY WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18030.





...KERR

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