WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 95

WWUS20 KWNS 302218
SEL5
SPC WW 302218
KSZ000-OKZ000-310500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 95
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009

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

SOUTHEAST KANSAS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM 520 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

HAIL TO 2 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 65
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHANUTE KANSAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

DISCUSSION...CU/TCU FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE ALONG MULTIPLE
BOUNDARIES OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND WEST-CENTRAL OK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SPREAD
EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER
CELLS.

AVIATION...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 400. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...HART

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