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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 170
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   525 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          KANSAS
          FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
          EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 525 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM CDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   CONCORDIA KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ENID OKLAHOMA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 165...WW 166...WW
   167...WW 169...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES FROM NW HUT TO S
   OF GAG ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEWD WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND
   STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN
   CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL INTO TONIGHT. 
   ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG STATIONARY OR
   SLOWLY RETREATING DRYLINE OVER WRN KS INTO THE ERN TX PNHDL WHERE
   ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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