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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 304
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON KANSAS TO 50
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA.
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 300...WW 301...WW 302...WW
303...
DISCUSSION...RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS CAP ERODES EAST OF THE DRY LINE.
DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR AS FAR SOUTH AS THE RED RIVER. VERY STRONG
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS. IN ADDITION...LOW
LCL HEIGHTS AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR SUGGEST LONG-LIVED
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WITH A THREAT OF STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...EVANS
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