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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 234

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

       MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA

       PART OF EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

1000 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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE

CITY KANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 232...WW 233...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG DRY

LINE FROM SWRN KS SWD THRU ERN TX PANHANDLE.  WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR

AND MLCAPES TO 4000 J/KG E OF DRY LINE...STORMS WILL RAPIDLY BECOME

SEVERE.  TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL INCLUDE VERY

LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE VIOLENT/LONG TRACK TORNADOES.



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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...HALES

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