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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS

       A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM

UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY 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 75...



DISCUSSION...SUSTAINED TSTMS AND POSSIBLY SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO

PERSIST INTO LATE EVE ACROSS WRN/CNTRL KS...WHERE LOW LVL WAA WILL

INCREASE ATOP COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER IN WRN KS...AND ATOP SHALLOW

WNW/ESE FRONT IN S CNTRL KS.  ALTHOUGH INCREASING CINH LIKELY WILL

LIMIT STORM COVERAGE...COMBINATION OF INCREASING WIND FIELD/MOISTURE

INFLOW AND RESIDUAL SUSTAINED/ROTATING STRUCTURES SUGGESTS POTENTIAL

FOR ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

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