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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 163

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 225 AM UNTIL 700 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 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST

OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 159...WW 160...WW

161...WW 162...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS IN SE KS WILL PERSIST AND MOVE

ENEWD INTO MO OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THIS STORM CLUSTER WILL

LIKELY TRACK ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS FARTHER TO THE

NE...AND WILL BE MAINTAINED BY STRONG STORM INFLOW AND REMAINING

MODERATE INSTABILITY BASED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER.  LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.



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 25045.





...THOMPSON

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