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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 108

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS

  SOUTHERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES

    POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND OTHER SUSTAINED

STORM CLUSTERS...EXPECTED TO POSE A MULTI-MODE SEVERE THREAT ACROSS

PARTS OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...WITH

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND ALL LIKELY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 106...WW 107...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025.





...CORFIDI

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