WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 356

WWUS20 KWNS 250437
SEL6
SPC WW 250437
KSZ000-250900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 356
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008

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

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1135 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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 351...WW 352...WW
353...WW 355...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF TSTMS/SUPERCELLS MAY PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY IN WAA ZONE ON NRN FRINGE OF VERY MOIST/WARM AIR MASS OVER
THE SRN PLNS. WIND PROFILES...ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY SUPPORTIVE OF
SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS...SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME SOMEWHAT LESS
FAVORABLE WITH TIME AS HEIGHTS GRADUALLY RISE OVER THE SRN PLNS IN
WAKE OF DAKOTAS UPR IMPULSE. NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN COMBINATION OF
RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...POTENTIAL
WILL EXIST FOR SVR HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO WITH THE KS
STORMS...DESPITE THEIR SLIGHTLY ELEVATED NATURE.

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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.

...CORFIDI

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