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Tornado Watch 54
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 54
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   105 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS
          PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL 700
   PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENID OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 53...
   
   DISCUSSION...HEATING HAS DISSIPATED THE INHIBITION ALONG THE DRY
   LINE ALLOWING SURFACE BASED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG WRN EDGE OF
   WATCH.  WITH VERY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND ADEQUATE
   INSTABILITY SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS STORMS INCREASE IN
   NUMBER ALONG DRY LINE. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
   HAIL...TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.
   
   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 22045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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