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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

  700 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

MULLEN NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS NEBRASKA.

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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 94...WW 95...



DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG THE NOSE OF THE DRY SLOT

FROM NRN KS INTO S CENTRAL NEB...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHILE MOVING NWD.  VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE

SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17030.





...THOMPSON

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