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WWUS20 KWNS 232347

SEL7

SPC WW 232347

KSZ000-240600-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 57

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM UNTIL

100 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT

JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 54...WW 55...WW 56...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG/SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER

PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL KS.  ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE

NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND RE-DEVELOP ALONG DRYLINE WEST OF HUT/ICT.

PERSISTENT STRONG WIND FIELDS AND SOME COOLING ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A

RISK OF SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING.

EVENTUALLY...A MORE LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED WITH HAIL

AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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