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Tornado Watch 240
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WW0240 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL0

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 240
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   105 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHWEST KANSAS
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM
     UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   HILL CITY KANSAS TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW
   NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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 239...

   DISCUSSION...A COMPLEX CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION IS ANTICIPATED TODAY
   OWING TO ONGOING ELEVATED STORMS AND THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE
   BOUNDARIES.  SURFACE-BASED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
   COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE VICINITY OF MIGRATORY SURFACE LOW
   AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH TO ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LIFTING
   NWD THROUGH S-CNTRL NEB.  WHILE A MIXTURE OF STORM MODES IS
   ANTICIPATED...THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS AND STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT EMBEDDED
   SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND
   DAMAGING WINDS.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


   ...MEAD
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