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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW

SUPERCELLS...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA FROM THE WEST

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...OFFERING A FULL-SPECTRUM

SEVERE-WEATHER RISK.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 713 FOR INITIAL

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

WICHITA KANSAS TO 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 203...WW 204...WW

205...WW 206...



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...EDWARDS

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