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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 326
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   435 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
          FAR EASTERN KANSAS
          NORTHWEST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...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 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS TO 45 MILES NORTH
   OF DES MOINES IOWA.
   
   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 321...WW 322...WW 323...WW
   324...WW 325...
   
   DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF THE MO
   RIVER IN NERN KS.  OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM IN A VERY
   UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS OVER NERN KS/SERN NEB/FAR NWRN
   MO.  SHEAR AND INSTABILITY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE SUPERCELLS
   ONCE STORMS BECOME ROOTED INTO THE BOUNDARY LAYER...AND SHIFT ESEWD
   ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.
   
   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 600.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.
   
   
   ...EVANS