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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 393
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   330 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
   POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WICHITA
   KANSAS TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 390...WW 391...WW 392...
   
   DISCUSSION...AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY CAPPED AIR MASS NOW
   RESIDES E OF DRY LINE. DRY LINE RUNS N/S ALONG WRN EDGE OF WATCH. 
   WITH APPROACH OF MID LEVEL TROUGH THE ENHANCED SHEAR WILL RESULT IN
   RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED
   WHICH WILL INCLUDE VERY LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG
   TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 650.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24020.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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