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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 736
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN THROUGH NORTHEASTERN KANSAS
          NORTHWESTERN AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
          SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY KANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAINT
   JOSEPH MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 735...
   
   DISCUSSION...SFC-BASED SEVERE TSTMS -- INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS --
   ARE EXPECTED  THROUGH EARLY EVENING NEAR FRONTAL/CONVERGENCE
   BOUNDARY ALIGNED WSW-ENE ACROSS KS.  SECONDARY THREAT AREA EXTENDS
   NWD TO VICINITY KS/NEB BORDER REGION UNDER FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER
   SHEAR...BUOYANCY BEING INCREASINGLY ELEVATED WITH NWD EXTENT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25025.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS