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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 365

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

550 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS

       NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

       THE TEXAS PANHANDLE



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 550 PM

UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF AMARILLO

TEXAS TO 55 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 357. WATCH NUMBER 357 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

550 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 358...WW 359...WW 360...WW 361...WW

363...WW 362...WW 364...



DISCUSSION...CONTINUED THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND LARGE

HAIL/DMGG WIND WITH TSTMS EXPECTED TO CO9NTINUE FORMING INVOF

SSW-NNE ORIENTED DRY LINE.  LARGE SCALE ASCENT/LOW LEVEL UPLIFT MAY

BE ENHANCED LATER THIS EVENING BY CONTINUED NNE MOTION OF WEAK UPR

IMPULSE IN SE NM...AND BY DIURNAL STRENGTHENING/BACKING OF MOIST

LLJ.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24020.





...CORFIDI

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