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Tornado Watch 181
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 181
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   150 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHWEST IOWA
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
     WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI
     SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS LIKELY WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL
       EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 179...WW 180...
   
   DISCUSSION...RAPID BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION IS UNDERWAY ACROSS
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...WHERE FORCING FOR UPWARD VERTICAL
   MOTION IN THE EXIT REGION OF A 500 MB JET STREAK WILL AID STORM
   INITIATION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  DISCRETE SUPERCELLS APPEAR
   LIKELY... ESPECIALLY INITIALLY...BEFORE CONVECTION BEGINS TO
   CONSOLIDATE... WITH THE UPSCALE GROWTH OF A SEVERE MESOSCALE
   CONVECTIVE SYSTEM EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING.  STORMS WILL SPREAD
   INTO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
   WESTERN MISSOURI.  STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
   VERY LARGE HAIL...A FEW TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...BEFORE
   DAMAGING WINDS BECOME A MORE PROMINENT RISK THIS EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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