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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 462

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KANSAS

       NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

800 PM CDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA

KANSAS TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENID OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 459...WW 460...WW 461...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG SURFACE COLD

FRONT/DRYLINE OVER CENTRAL KS AND NORTHWEST OK DURING THE NEXT FEW

HOURS.  THESE STORMS WILL INTERACT WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND VERY

FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES FOR

SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.  IF STORMS CAN MAINTAIN MORE DISCRETE

STRUCTURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...STRONG AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES

WILL BE POSSIBLE.  OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE

HAIL ARE EXPECTED.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...HART

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