SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
   200 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 10 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 351...WW 352...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF ELEVATED TSTMS IS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE A GENERAL EASTWARD PROPAGATION ACROSS KS THIS
   MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE
   SOUTHERN PERIPHERY IN PROXIMITY TO A SOURCE REGION OF STEEP LAPSE
   RATES ALOFT/AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE
   PRIMARY CONCERN EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SOME ADDITIONAL UPSCALE
   GROWTH IS POSSIBLE AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME MORE A CONCERN AS
   THE BOUNDARY LAYER HEATS THROUGH THE MORNING AND STORMS BECOME MORE
   SURFACE BASED WITH TIME.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...GUYER/CORFIDI

   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
   200 PM CDT.
   
   WIDELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH
   WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 2.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 10 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 351...WW 352...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF ELEVATED TSTMS IS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE A GENERAL EASTWARD PROPAGATION ACROSS KS THIS
   MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE
   SOUTHERN PERIPHERY IN PROXIMITY TO A SOURCE REGION OF STEEP LAPSE
   RATES ALOFT/AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE
   PRIMARY CONCERN EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SOME ADDITIONAL UPSCALE
   GROWTH IS POSSIBLE AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME MORE A CONCERN AS
   THE BOUNDARY LAYER HEATS THROUGH THE MORNING AND STORMS BECOME MORE
   SURFACE BASED WITH TIME.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...GUYER/CORFIDI

   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 650 AM UNTIL
   200 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL KANSAS TO 10 MILES EAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 351...WW 352...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF ELEVATED TSTMS IS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE A GENERAL EASTWARD PROPAGATION ACROSS KS THIS
   MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE
   SOUTHERN PERIPHERY IN PROXIMITY TO A SOURCE REGION OF STEEP LAPSE
   RATES ALOFT/AMPLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE
   PRIMARY CONCERN EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SOME ADDITIONAL UPSCALE
   GROWTH IS POSSIBLE AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD BECOME MORE A CONCERN AS
   THE BOUNDARY LAYER HEATS THROUGH THE MORNING AND STORMS BECOME MORE
   SURFACE BASED WITH TIME.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   
   ...GUYER/CORFIDI

   WOUS64 KWNS 241148
   WOU3
   
   BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 353
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   650 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
   
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 353 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
   FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
   
   KSC009-015-017-027-029-041-051-053-061-073-079-089-105-111-113-
   115-123-127-135-141-143-145-147-155-159-161-163-165-167-169-173-
   183-185-197-241900-
   /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0353.110524T1150Z-110524T1900Z/
   
   KS 
   .    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
   
   BARTON               BUTLER              CHASE               
   CLAY                 CLOUD               DICKINSON           
   ELLIS                ELLSWORTH           GEARY               
   GREENWOOD            HARVEY              JEWELL              
   LINCOLN              LYON                MARION              
   MCPHERSON            MITCHELL            MORRIS              
   NESS                 OSBORNE             OTTAWA              
   PAWNEE               PHILLIPS            RENO                
   RICE                 RILEY               ROOKS               
   RUSH                 RUSSELL             SALINE              
   SEDGWICK             SMITH               STAFFORD            
   WABAUNSEE            
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...ICT...TOP...DDC...GID...
   
   
   

   SAW3 
   WW 353 SEVERE TSTM KS 241150Z - 241900Z
   AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   30WNW RSL/RUSSELL KS/ - 10E EMP/EMPORIA KS/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM N/S /44ESE HLC - 71W BUM/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.
   
   LAT...LON 39889933 39209600 37459600 38159933
   
   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.
   

Watch 353 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 353

VALID 241545Z - 241640Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 W CNU TO
25 NNW HUT TO 20 WNW CNK.

..BROYLES..05/24/11

ATTN...WFO...ICT...TOP...DDC...GID...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 353 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

KSC013-017-027-029-041-061-073-085-087-111-113-115-117-127-131-
143-149-157-161-169-177-197-201-241640-

KS 
.    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BROWN		     CHASE		 CLAY		     
CLOUD		     DICKINSON		 GEARY		     
GREENWOOD	     JACKSON		 JEFFERSON	     
LYON		     MCPHERSON		 MARION 	     
MARSHALL	     MORRIS		 NEMAHA 	     
OTTAWA		     POTTAWATOMIE	 REPUBLIC	     
RILEY		     SALINE		 SHAWNEE	     
WABAUNSEE	     WASHINGTON 	 
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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