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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 398
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   835 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
          EASTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 835 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 65 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE KANSAS
   TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 391...WW 392...WW 393...WW
   394...WW 395...WW 396...WW 397...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO SPREAD/DEVELOP EWD ACROSS
   PARTS OF ERN OK/SE KS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT/LLJ INCREASE FROM W TO E
   ACROSS REGION.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI