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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 72

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

810 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 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 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF SALINA KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 69...WW 70...WW 71...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KS MAY

PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS...SPREADING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO AREAS

NORTH OF ICT.  INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL ENHANCE RISK OF LARGE

HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS TRAVERSE INSTABILITY AXIS.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

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