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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 538

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST KANSAS

  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM

SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES...LOCALLY DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

GOODLAND KANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 537...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...MEAD

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