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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

810 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 810 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



HAIL TO 2.5 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 25

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE

KANSAS.  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 113...



DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY PERSIST ALONG THE EXTREME SRN

FRINGE OF WW 113...BUT REMAIN JUST TO THE S OF THE PREVIOUS WATCH.

THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL WILL PERSIST IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUFFICIENT

VERTICAL SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY.  A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE

RULED OUT GIVEN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL SHEAR THIS

EVENING...BUT GRADUAL STABILIZATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL

OFFSET THIS RISK.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28015.





...THOMPSON

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