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Tornado Watch 399
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List of Counties in Watch 399 (WOU)
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 399...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   CORRECTED FOR  MENTION OF SOUTHEAST KS
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
          SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI
          EASTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
   UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KNOB
   NOSTER MISSOURI TO 15 MILES EAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 391...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
   398. WATCH NUMBER 391 393 398 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1045 PM
   CDT. CONTINUE...WW 394...WW 396...WW 397...
   
   DISCUSSION...LEWP MCS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
   THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY FROM SE KS INTO NE MO AS EXISTING OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY BECOMES INCREASINGLY PARALLEL TO STRENGTHENING SW MID LEVEL
   FLOW /SPEEDS INCRG TO 50 KT/.  FARTHER S...SIMILAR MCS HAS EVOLVED
   FROM EARLIER SUPERCELL CLUSTER IN SW OK.  THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL
   HAVE ACCESS TO VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW...ALTHOUGH DEEP SHEAR WILL
   BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN IN MO.
   
   OVERALL SETUP SUGGESTS CONTINUED THREAT FOR HAIL/SCATTERED SPOTS OF
   DAMAGING WIND AND OCCASIONAL TORNADOES IN WW AS WRN/CNTRL KS SHRTWV
   IMPULSE CONTINUES ENEWD THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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