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WWUS20 KWNS 082134
SEL8  
SPC WW 082140
KSZ000-MOZ000-090400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
440 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EASTERN KANSAS
       WESTERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPICKARD MISSOURI TO 25 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI.

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 301...WW 303...WW 304...WW
305...WW 306...WW 307...


DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS ERN KS
 ALONG AND S OF E/W WARM FRONT JUST S OF MKC.  VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR
PROFILES AND STRONG INSTABILITY SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WITH
POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS AND VIOLENT TORNADOES. STORMS
WILL SPREAD NEWD INTO WRN MO.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

403,0930 370,0935 370,0955 403,0951