Saturday, September 29, 2007

WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 696

WWUS20 KWNS 300340
SEL6
SPC WW 300340
KSZ000-NEZ000-300900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 696
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1040 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
CENTRAL NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1040 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF
O'NEILL NEBRASKA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILL CITY KANSAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 694...WW 695...

DISCUSSION...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS/BOW ECHOES FROM NW KS
INTO SW/CENTRAL NEB MAY PERSIST FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS CONVECTION PROGRESSES E OF THE
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS. PRIOR TO THE WEAKENING OF THE
STORMS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT IN CONJUNCTION
WITH STORM DOWNDRAFTS AND 50+ KT FLOW JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 24040.


..THOMPSON

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