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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 655
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 655
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   620 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 620 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 653...WW 654...
   
   DISCUSSION...MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/STORM INTERACTIONS IN AN
   ENVIRONMENT WITH STRONG INSTABILITY SHOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASING
   SEVERE STORM THREAT ACROSS NE KS/NW MO THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.  LARGE
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
   STORMS...AND THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE FORMATION OF A SMALL
   MCS AS A RESULT OF STORM MERGERS LATER THIS EVENING.  VERTICAL SHEAR
   APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED MULTICELL CLUSTERS...AS WELL
   AS SUPERCELLS...WHICH COULD LOCALLY ENHANCE THE LARGE HAIL THREAT.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 32020.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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