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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 214

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS

  WESTERN OKLAHOMA

  WESTERN NORTH TEXAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF

SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...AND ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER WESTERN OK.  IT

APPEARS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS MAY AFFECT THE WATCH AREA

TODAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

GAGE OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA 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 213...



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 24030.





...HART

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