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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 362

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS

       EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS.  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 356...WW 357...WW

358...WW 359...WW 360...WW 361...



DISCUSSION...ARC OF SUPERCELLS IN CENTRAL KS WILL SPREAD NEWD IN

ADVANCE OF THE DEEPENING SURFACE CYCLONE.  INSTABILITY WEAKENS WITH

NWD EXTENT...TO THE N OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...BUT LOW-LEVEL SHEAR

IS STRONG ALONG AND N OF THE BOUNDARY.  GIVEN THAT INSTABILITY

REMAINS SURFACE-BASED EVEN N OF THE BOUNDARY...THE RISK FOR

TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22035.





...THOMPSON

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