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WWUS20 KWNS 252347

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KSZ000-260500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 298

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 650 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

RUSSELL KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL 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.



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING TO THE

NORTHEAST OF A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST KS.  ENHANCED LOW LEVEL

VERTICAL SHEAR TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...COUPLED WITH HIGH

CAPE VALUES WILL PROMOTE THE RISK OF INTENSE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH A MITIGATING FACTOR IS THE WARM TEMPERATURES IN

THE EML AND RATHER WEAK LOW LEVEL CAPE VALUES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...HART

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