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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 571

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PART OF NORTHWEST KANSAS

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 405 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND 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 568...WW 569...WW 570...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY SWRN NE INTO NWRN KS.

 SHEAR PROFILES AND INSTABILITY ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR VERY LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH

TORNADO POTENTIAL.  STORMS WILL CONSOLIDATE IN A SEVERE MCS DURING

THE EVENING WITH AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT SEWD THRU WRN

KS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32030.





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