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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 349

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1130 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST KANSAS

       SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM UNTIL

500 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF

WICHITA KANSAS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD

MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 343...WW 345...WW

346...WW 347...WW 348...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE

TO THE WEST OF ICT ALONG A SURGING COLD FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL

LIKELY PERSIST  FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS

SOUTHEAST KS AND INTO SOUTHWEST MO.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND LINEAR

FORCING OF STORMS WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN

STRONGER CELLS.



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...HART

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