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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 171

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

105 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 105 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE

KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 170...



DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TSTMS SHOULD PERSIST/POSSIBLY

INCREASE OVER WW REGION THROUGH DAWN AS SSWLY LLJ STRENGTHENS IN

RESPONSE TO CONTINUED ENE MOVEMENT OF CO UPR TROUGH.  STORMS MAY

YIELD SVR HAIL AND...GIVEN RECENT REPORT OF G62 AT NEWTON KS AT

0535Z...DMGG WIND.  LATEST RUC SOUNDINGS OVER S CNTRL/SE KS LOOK

VERY SIMILAR TO THE OBSERVED 12Z SOUNDING AT TOPEKA ON 12 MARCH

2006...WHEN ELEVATED STORMS PRODUCED DMGG WIND IN THE LAWRENCE KS

AND KC AREAS.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...CORFIDI

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