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WWUS20 KWNS 250437

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SPC WW 250437

KSZ000-250900-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 356

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...CONTINUE...WW 351...WW 352...WW

353...WW 355...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF TSTMS/SUPERCELLS MAY PERSIST THROUGH EARLY

SUNDAY IN WAA ZONE ON NRN FRINGE OF VERY MOIST/WARM AIR MASS OVER

THE SRN PLNS.  WIND PROFILES...ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY SUPPORTIVE OF

SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS...SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME SOMEWHAT LESS

FAVORABLE WITH TIME AS HEIGHTS GRADUALLY RISE OVER THE SRN PLNS IN

WAKE OF DAKOTAS UPR IMPULSE.  NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN COMBINATION OF

RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...POTENTIAL

WILL EXIST FOR SVR HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO WITH THE KS

STORMS...DESPITE THEIR SLIGHTLY ELEVATED NATURE.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.





...CORFIDI

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