WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 76

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 76
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT THU APR 22 2010

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

EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY 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 75...

DISCUSSION...SUSTAINED TSTMS AND POSSIBLY SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO LATE EVE ACROSS WRN/CNTRL KS...WHERE LOW LVL WAA WILL
INCREASE ATOP COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER IN WRN KS...AND ATOP SHALLOW
WNW/ESE FRONT IN S CNTRL KS. ALTHOUGH INCREASING CINH LIKELY WILL
LIMIT STORM COVERAGE...COMBINATION OF INCREASING WIND FIELD/MOISTURE
INFLOW AND RESIDUAL SUSTAINED/ROTATING STRUCTURES SUGGESTS POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLD TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22030.

..CORFIDI

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