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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 925

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST IOWA

       EASTERN KANSAS

       NORTHWEST MISSOURI

       SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENISON

IOWA.  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 924...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STORMS IS INTENSIFYING OVER EASTERN KS AND

EASTERN NEB...AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN IA AND

NORTHWEST MO THIS EVENING.  STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT

WILL PROMOTE SOME ORGANIZATION TO STORMS...WITH A RISK OF HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGEST CELLS.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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