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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

       CENTRAL NEBRASKA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL

900 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 75 STATUTE

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

COLUMBUS NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA 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.



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING

AHEAD OF A DEEP SURFACE LOW...AND NEAR THE DRYLINE.  THESE STORMS

WILL LIKELY BE SUPERCELLULAR FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND

EARLY EVENING WITH A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND A FEW

TORNADOES.  THE STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO SHORT LINE SEGMENTS AFTER

DARK WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

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