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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 227

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

955 PM CDT Thu May 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Kansas

  Northwest Oklahoma



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 955 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A pair of supercells may persist for the next couple of

hours, necessitating an extension of the previous tornado watch.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 65 miles southwest of Alva OK to 55

miles north northwest of Medicine Lodge KS. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 220...WW 221...WW

222...WW 223...WW 224...WW 225...WW 226...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 22030.



...Grams

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