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Tornado Watch 516
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 516
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   655 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN IOWA
          NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
          SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM UNTIL
   200 AM 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 125 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   SHENANDOAH IOWA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 511...WW 513...WW
   514...WW 515...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTM RECENTLY FORMED NEAR INTERSECTION OF DRY LINE AND
   WARM FRONTAL SEGMENT E OF SLN MAY CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS
   LLJ/MOIST INFLOW INCREASE LATER THIS EVE.  OTHER WDLY SCTD STORMS
   MAY FORM EWD ALONG THE SAME FRONT...OR N OF THE FRONT...EWD INTO NRN
   MO...LATER THIS EVE.  WHILE CINH ASSOCIATED WITH NERN FRINGE OF
   STRONG EML CAP MAY LIMIT OVERALL COVERAGE...THOSE STORMS THAT DO
   MANAGE TO BECOME SUSTAINED SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME SUPERCELLS GIVEN
   REGIONAL THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT /VERY STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES
   ATOP FAIRLY DEEP AND VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER/.  BACKED LOW LVL
   FLOW INVOF WARM FRONT...AND MAINTENANCE OF BACKED NEAR-SFC FLOW INTO
   TONIGHT AS LEE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN IN WRN KS...FURTHER SUGGEST A
   THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
   
   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 22030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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