WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 409

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 409
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

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

SOUTHERN KANSAS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 105 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2.5 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 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF POPLAR
BLUFF MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 407...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 408. WATCH NUMBER
407 408 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 105 AM CDT.

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG AND
N OF STALLED FRONT FROM NRN OK E INTO THE OZARKS. QUALITY OF
MOISTURE INFLOW AND PRESENCE OF EXISTING SUSTAINED STRUCTURES
SUGGESTS CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLD TORNADO DESPITE STRENGTHENING CINH AND MODERATE
WIND FIELDS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...CORFIDI

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