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Tornado Watch 96
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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   755 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KANSAS
          EASTERN OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 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 NORTHEAST OF
   MANHATTAN KANSAS TO 50 MILES EAST OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 94. WATCH NUMBER 94 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 755
   PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 95...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS/EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG
   LEADING EDGE OF MCS/RAINFALL SHIELD NOW OVER CNTRL OK/KS.  AS SFC
   PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE OVER CNTRL OK/KS IN RESPONSE TO EJECTING MID
   LEVEL SPEED MAX NOW ENTERING W TX...ASSOCIATED BACKING OF LOW-LEVEL
   WINDS WILL LENGTHEN LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS.  COUPLED WITH NEARLY
   SATURATED LOWER LEVELS...THIS MAY SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
   TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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