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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 66
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WW0066 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 66
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   205 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN
   MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH ALONG
   AND S OF W-E OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRIFTING SSE THROUGH ERN KS/FAR WRN
   MO. CONTINUED SFC HEATING/STEEPENING LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES AHEAD OF
   BOUNDARY...DEEP EML ALOFT...AND MODEST BUT STRENGTHENING LARGE-SCALE
   ASCENT IN WNWLY MID-LVL FLOW SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED
   STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
   STORMS SHOULD CONSOLIDATE INTO A SMALL SE-MOVING CLUSTER LATER THIS
   EVE. A CONDITIONAL RISK FOR MORE ISOLD STORMS WILL EXIST ALONG SW-NE
   WIND SHIFT NOW LOCATED W OF ICT. IF STORMS DO FORM ALONG THIS
   FEATURE...THEY ALSO WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 31025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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