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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   205 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 900
   PM 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES WEST OF HILL
   CITY KANSAS TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG E-W ORIENTED
   DRYLINE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALONG NRN PERIPHERY OF STEEP
   LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. VERTICAL SHEAR OF 45-50 KTS WILL BE
   FAVORABLE FOR STORM ORGANIZATION...POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS.  ISOLD TSTMS
   MAY EXHIBIT LOW-LEVEL ROTATION...BUT THE MAIN THREATS ARE EXPECTED
   TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 18015.
   
   
   ...RACY/EVANS