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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 493
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   745 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
          PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM UNTIL
   200 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SILL
   OKLAHOMA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 488...WW 489...WW
   490...WW 491...WW 492...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SCENTRAL KS TO SWRN OK WILL
   CONTINUE DEVELOPING EWD THROUGH THE EVENING.  AIR MASS IS MODERATELY
   UNSTABLE WITH 40-50 KT OF SHEAR.  POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
   LARGE HAIL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS YET AS STORMS MOVE
   EWD.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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