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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 442
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   210 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN KANSAS
          SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
          NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
          EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH
   PLATTE NEBRASKA TO 35 MILES WEST OF CLINTON OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 441...
   
   DISCUSSION...LITTLE CAP REMAINING ALONG DRY LINE WHICH EXTENDS FROM
   JUST E OF KS/CO BORDER SWD TO CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE.  WITH EXTREMELY
   UNSTABLE AIR MASS E OF DRY LINE ALONG WITH APPROACHING MID LEVEL
   IMPULSE/ 30-40 KT SWLY FLOW/...HODOGRAPHS AND LOW/MID LEVEL SHEAR
   VERY FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS ALONG/E OF DRY
   LINE THRU THE AFTERNOON.  WHILE VERY LARGE HAIL IS PRIMARY
   THREAT...TORNADOS ARE LIKELY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH POSSIBLY SEVERAL
   OF THE SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23025.
   
   
   ...HALES