WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 419

WWUS20 KWNS 191814
SEL9
SPC WW 191814
KSZ000-NEZ000-200200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 419
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

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

MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS
SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 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 45 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY
KANSAS TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY 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...CONTINUE...WW 417...WW 418...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING VICINITY GRAHAM COUNTY
KS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS EXTREME INSTABILITY MOVES NWD THRU
WRN KS. WITH FAVORABLE VEERING SHEAR PROFILES...SUPERCELLS ALONG
WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS WILL BE LIKELY. STORMS
SHOULD INCREASER IN NUMBER ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON
AS THE WEAK CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 36015.

..HALES

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