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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 236
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 236
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL 900
   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 40
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   TOPEKA KANSAS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING QUICKLY ALONG THE FRONTAL
   ZONE WHERE THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES TO 3000 J/KG. 
   WEAK SHEAR WILL RESULT IN PULSE STORMS WITH LOCALIZED DOWNBURSTS AND
   LARGE HAIL.  STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY SUNSET
   WITH CESSATION OF SURFACE HEATING.
   
   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 24010.
   
   
   ...HALES
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