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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

       NORTH CENTRAL TO  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM UNTIL

700 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 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE

MISSOURI.  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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 369. WATCH NUMBER 369 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT

AFTER 1125 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 365...WW 366...WW 368...WW

370...WW 371...



DISCUSSION...ERN KS MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS SHOULD

CONTINUE EWD.  WIND PROFILES AND DEGREE OF INSTABILITY IN AREAS

AHEAD OF MCS THAT WERE NOT OVERTURNED BY STORMS SUNDAY AFTN SUGGEST

A CONTINUED RISK FOR DMGG WIND GUSTS AND ISOLD SVR HAIL.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





...CORFIDI

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