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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
755 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

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

       EASTERN KANSAS
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 755 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 55
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 110 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO
45 MILES WEST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI.

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 263...


DISCUSSION...ELEVATED STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED
TO PERSIST IN ZONE OF INCREASINGLY MOIST WARM ADVECTION.  LARGE
SCALE ASCENT WILL BE AIDED BY GLANCING PASSAGE OF UPPER IMPULSES NOW
IN N CNTRL KS...AND ADDITIONAL IMPULSE MOVING NEWD FROM NW TX/WRN
OK.  MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...CORFIDI

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