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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 419

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS

       SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 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 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY

KANSAS TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 417...WW 418...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING VICINITY GRAHAM COUNTY

KS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS EXTREME INSTABILITY MOVES NWD THRU

WRN KS.  WITH FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ALONG

WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS WILL BE LIKELY.  STORMS

SHOULD INCREASER IN NUMBER ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON

AS THE WEAK CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 36015.





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