WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 372

WWUS20 KWNS 260423
SEL2
SPC WW 260423
KSZ000-MOZ000-261200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM UNTIL
700 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 369. WATCH NUMBER 369 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 1125 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 365...WW 366...WW 368...WW
370...WW 371...

DISCUSSION...ERN KS MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS SHOULD
CONTINUE EWD. WIND PROFILES AND DEGREE OF INSTABILITY IN AREAS
AHEAD OF MCS THAT WERE NOT OVERTURNED BY STORMS SUNDAY AFTN SUGGEST
A CONTINUED RISK FOR DMGG WIND GUSTS AND ISOLD SVR HAIL.

AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26030.

...CORFIDI

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