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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 176

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  NORTHWEST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1040 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 170...WW 171...WW

172...WW 173...WW 174...WW 175...



DISCUSSION...NE KS SQLN WITH EMBEDDED LEWP/SUPERCELL EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE ENEWD...WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVE MORE NEWD. A RISK

MAY PERSIST FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WITH SUPERCELL/SUSTAINED STORM NEAR

LEWP CREST...IN ADDITION TO DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL. IN

ADDITION...STRENGTH OF LOW-LVL SPEED/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR MAY FOSTER

LOW-LVL/SMALL SCALE CIRCULATIONS ALONG THE BOWING PART OF MCS WITH A

RISK FOR BRIEF/SMALL TORNADOES...GIVEN MOISTURE-RICH INFLOW.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

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