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Tornado Watch 444
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   550 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL KANSAS
          SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 550 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 50 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND
   NEBRASKA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 442...WW 443...
   
   DISCUSSION...HP SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND NOW IN N
   CNTRL KS EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP ENE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING INTO
   INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT E OF WW 442.  BACKED LOW
   LEVEL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH RETREATING OUTFLOW BNDRY AND DEVELOPING
   SURFACE WAVE IN N CNTRL KS WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL
   STORM ROTATION/POSSIBLE TORNADOES DESPITE LIKELY EVOLUTION TOWARD A
   LEWPY SQUALL LINE WITH TIME.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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