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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 248

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM UNTIL

100 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

EMPORIA KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 244...WW 245...WW

246...WW 247...



DISCUSSION...SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP E/NE ACROSS CNTRL AND ERN KS THIS EVENING...WHERE

MUCAPE APPEARS SUFFICIENT FOR SVR HAIL.  WITH 30+ KT CLOUD LAYER

SHEAR...ROTATING STRUCTURES ALSO MAY YIELD A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS

AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...CORFIDI

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