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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 462
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 462
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1150 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL KANSAS
          NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA
   KANSAS TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENID OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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 459...WW 460...WW 461...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG SURFACE COLD
   FRONT/DRYLINE OVER CENTRAL KS AND NORTHWEST OK DURING THE NEXT FEW
   HOURS.  THESE STORMS WILL INTERACT WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND VERY
   FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES FOR
   SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES.  IF STORMS CAN MAINTAIN MORE DISCRETE
   STRUCTURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...STRONG AND LONG-TRACK TORNADOES
   WILL BE POSSIBLE.  OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
   HAIL ARE EXPECTED.
   
   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 24040.
   
   
   ...HART
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