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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 290
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   125 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWEST IOWA
          CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL
   800 PM 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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF SHENANDOAH
   IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS INCREASING FROM WEST
   OF ICT TO SOUTH OF OMA.  DESPITE RATHER WEAK FORCING...SUFFICIENT
   INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ACTIVITY
   MAY SPREAD AS FAR NORTHEAST AS SOUTHWEST IA AND NORTHWEST MO THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25030.
   
   
   ...HART
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