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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 141
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 141
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM UNTIL
   500 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN
   KANSAS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 140...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY NEWD FROM
   CENTRAL OK INTO KS AS LOW/MID LEVEL JET INCREASES AHEAD OF
   APPROACHING  S/WV TROUGH NOW CROSSING CENTRAL ROCKIES.  STEEP MID
   LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND THE INCREASE IN GULF MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT
   ELEVATED SUPERCELLS.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL GIVEN THE
   STABLE LOW LEVELS...HOWEVER AS WARM SECTOR SHIFTS NWD INTO SRN KS
   THERE COULD BE AN INCREASING CONCERN OF DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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