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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 875
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
          EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL 800
   PM CST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 80 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN
   KANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NOSE
   OF THE LOW-MID LEVEL DRY SLOT ACROSS CENTRAL/S CENTRAL KS.  OTHER
   HIGH BASED STORMS FORMING ACROSS N CENTRAL OK ARE INDICATIVE OF
   STRONG ASCENT SPREADING NEWD FROM OK TOWARD KS.  EXPECT THE
   INCREASING ASCENT AND SURFACE HEATING ALONG THE NOSE OF THE DRY SLOT
   TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL/SE KS
   INTO NE OK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING INTO MO
   LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS NOT PARTICULARLY
   STRONG...VERTICAL SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
   PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON