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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 528

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

835 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KANSAS

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 835 PM UNTIL

300 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF CHANUTE KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 524. WATCH NUMBER 524 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

835 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 525...WW 526...WW 527...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQLN/QLCS IN ERN KS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE ENE

THROUGH LATE EVE AS 50 KT 700 MB SPEED MAX ASSOCIATED WITH CNTRL KS

UPR VORT PIVOTS NEWD INTO LOW LVL MOIST AXIS.  INCREASING LOW TO MID

LVL SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FEATURE...AND NOCTURNAL STRENGTHENING

OF SSWLY LLJ...SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED LOW LVL CIRCULATIONS

AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO HIGH WIND AND SVR

HAIL...DESPITE LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP WIND PROFILES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...CORFIDI

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