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Tornado Watch 607
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WW0607 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 607
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   555 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
          SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 555 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK
   NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 606...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG AND NE OF NW-SE
   STNRY FRONT OVER CNTRL KS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT PERSISTS/POSSIBLY
   INCREASES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SERIES OF IMPULSES MOVING SEWD
   WITHIN AMPLIFYING LARGER SCALE TROUGH.  OTHER STORMS/SUPERCELLS
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING GENERALLY S OR SSE ALONG AND BEHIND COLD
   FRONT NOW OVER WRN NEB.
   
   INCREASINGLY MOIST LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT INVOF STNRY FRONT...AND
   STRENGTHENING LLJ SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...GIVEN DISCRETE
   STORMS.  OTHERWISE...COMBINATION OF INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT...
   MOISTURE INFLOW...AND MDT SSWLY LLJ SHOULD SUPPORT EVENTUAL
   EVOLUTION INTO A LARGE...FORWARD-PROPAGATING MCS.  EMBEDDED BOWING
   SEGMENTS/SUPERCELLS MAY POSE A THREAT FOR SVR WIND/HAIL AND PERHAPS
   ISOLD TORNADOES INTO LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 33030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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