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Tornado Watch 41
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WW0041 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   810 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   TOPEKA KANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHANDLER OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 40. WATCH NUMBER 40 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 810
   PM CST. CONTINUE...WW 39...
   
   DISCUSSION...THE EARLIER DRYLINE SUPERCELLS IN S CENTRAL KS ARE NOW
   APPROACHING NE KS...AND MAY PERSIST FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS AS
   THE LOW LEVELS MOISTEN FROM S TO N.  FARTHER W/SW...CONVECTION
   CONTINUES TO INCREASE/BACKBUILD AS THE COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE
   DRYLINE AND THE MIDLEVEL TROUGH EJECTS ENEWD OVER KS.  ADDITIONAL
   LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING ACROSS OK/SE KS WILL SUPPORT CONVECTION ROOTED
   AT OR VERY NEAR THE SURFACE...IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH EFFECTIVE SRH
   OF 400-700 M2/S2.  THE QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE MODE AND MODEST
   INSTABILITY SUGGEST THAT THE HAIL RISK WILL BE TEMPERED
   SOMEWHAT...BUT SEMI-DISCRETE CELLS IN THE LINE WILL POSE A RISK FOR
   DAMAGING GUSTS AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
   
   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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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