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WWUS20 KWNS 300402

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SPC WW 300402

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 308

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1105 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE

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 306...WW 307...



DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KS

OVERNIGHT WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND

HAIL.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AFTER 06Z AS THEY MOVE

INTO AN INCREASINGLY CAPPED AIR MASS...LIMITING EASTWARD EXTENT OF

THREAT.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...HART

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