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Tornado Watch 399
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SEL9
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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