SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   520 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL 1100
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 588...WW 589...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STORMS DEVELOPING IN NE KS SHOULD SPREAD
   EWD/NEWD INTO MO THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR IS NOT
   STRONG OVER THIS AREA...MLCAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG WILL SUPPORT STORMS
   WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...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 25025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON