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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 369

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL

400 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 95 STATUTE

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

CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 361. WATCH NUMBER 361 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

845 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 360...WW 362...WW 364...WW 365...WW

366...WW 367...WW 368...



DISCUSSION...N CNTRL KS MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E INTO VERY

UNSTABLE AIR OVER ERN KS/NRN MO.  DEEP SHEAR MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR

ADDITIONAL EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES

GIVEN RICH MOISTURE INFLOW.  THE SYSTEM SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A SQLN

WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND LATER TONIGHT.  FARTHER S...OTHER

STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG INTERSECTION OF

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF NRN KS MCS WITH EWD-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOW

EXITING SW KS.  THESE STORMS WILL BE IN SLIGHTLY WEAKER DEEP SHEAR

RELATIVE TO POINTS FARTHER N.  HOWEVER...GIVEN RICH MOISTURE

FEED/NOCTURNAL STRENGTHENING OF LLJ...THESE ALSO COULD POSE A THREAT

FOR ISOLD TORNADOES BEFORE BECOMING UNDERCUT BY COLD POOL.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...CORFIDI

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