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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 276

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

250 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central and south central Kansas

  Central Oklahoma



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Scattered supercell development is expected in the next

couple of hours along the dryline from west central Oklahoma

northward into central Kansas, as well as in the warm sector east of

the dryline across south central Kansas.  The storm environment will

favor very large hail as a primary concern, though a few tornadoes

will also be possible.  Damaging gusts will become more of a threat

if any clustering of storms occurs.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of Salina KS to 30

miles east of Fort Sill OK. 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 272...WW 273...WW

274...WW 275...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Thompson

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