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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 204

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 320 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES

    POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY SOON ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER

THE TX PANHANDLE...AND ALONG A BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS WESTERN KS.

 THIS AREA IS LIKELY TO SEE SEVERAL SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE

OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.  THERE IS

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

GARDEN CITY KANSAS TO 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON

OKLAHOMA.  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 203...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.





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