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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF EMPORIA KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 344...



DISCUSSION...BOWING LINE OF SEVERE STORMS NORTHWEST OF ICT WILL

CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD FOR ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS AND AFFECT THE

WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS

APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE

POSSIBLE IN STRONGER CORES.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...HART

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