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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

515 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN AND WESTERN KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 515

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...WW 240...WW

241...WW 242...WW 243...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS FORMING IN WEAK W-E WAA ZONE EXPECTED TO PERSIST

THROUGH THE EVE...AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN AS WIND FIELD/ASCENT

INCREASE DOWNSTREAM FROM APPROACHING UPR IMPULSE. WHILE STORM

INTERACTIONS WILL SOMEWHAT LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR LONG-LIVED DISCRETE

ACTIVITY...GIVEN EXISTING AND FCST WIND PROFILES AND DEGREE OF

BUOYANCY...SOME RISK WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL/DMGG

WIND...AND TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27020.





...CORFIDI

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