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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 144

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

405 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS

       NORTHWEST MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 405 AM UNTIL 900 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 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 141...WW 143...



DISCUSSION...A CLUSTER OF ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NEWD

FROM NE KS INTO NW MO...TO THE N OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT.  STRONG

LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AND MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO

SUPPORT A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.



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 23035.





...THOMPSON

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