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WWUS20 KWNS 061349
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SPC WW 061350
KSZ000-061800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 265 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
850 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

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

       NORTHEAST KANSAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 850 AM UNTIL 100
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 ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA
KANSAS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS.

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...WW 264...


DISCUSSION...INFLUENCE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW EJECTING OUT OF THE
SRN HIGH PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS INTO NERN KS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.  ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED...THOUGH CLOUD LAYER SHEAR APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF
SUPERCELLS.  LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT.

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 400. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 25030.


...EVANS

395,0952 375,0942 375,0973 395,0983